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^ Zoya Krakhmalnikova: aged fifty-five, a
writer from Moscow. Arrested August
¦K 1982, sentenced to one year's
^Fj imprisonment, then five years' exile, then
1—- If three years' banishment from Moscow.
% Had been trying to remake the links with
y A Christian traditions of Russian literature.
Starets Tavrion: died not long ago in a
Latvian convent. Endured twenty-nine
years' imprisonment and exile. 'Starets'
means 'holy man'; thousands made
pilgrimage to hear him teach.
Valeri Barinov: young Leningrad drop-
out who became Christian and composed
gospel-rock opera, Trumpet Call. Now
confined to psychiatric unit, under
treatment for 'abnormal beliefs'.
Christian faith is strong and alive in Eastern Europe. It has not been
extinguished by official atheism.
In this book - through letters, poems, sermons, stories - some
forty Christians give their personal testaments. They reveal a faith
that will inspire readers everywhere.
Philip Walters is Research Director of...
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Fülszöveg
^ Zoya Krakhmalnikova: aged fifty-five, a
writer from Moscow. Arrested August
¦K 1982, sentenced to one year's
^Fj imprisonment, then five years' exile, then
1—- If three years' banishment from Moscow.
% Had been trying to remake the links with
y A Christian traditions of Russian literature.
Starets Tavrion: died not long ago in a
Latvian convent. Endured twenty-nine
years' imprisonment and exile. 'Starets'
means 'holy man'; thousands made
pilgrimage to hear him teach.
Valeri Barinov: young Leningrad drop-
out who became Christian and composed
gospel-rock opera, Trumpet Call. Now
confined to psychiatric unit, under
treatment for 'abnormal beliefs'.
Christian faith is strong and alive in Eastern Europe. It has not been
extinguished by official atheism.
In this book - through letters, poems, sermons, stories - some
forty Christians give their personal testaments. They reveal a faith
that will inspire readers everywhere.
Philip Walters is Research Director of Keston College for the Study
of Religion and Communism, the most respected source of authority
on this subject. Jane Balengarth is a freelance writer.
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