{"product_id":"women-of-the-catacombs-memoirs-of-the-underground-orthodox-church-in-stalins-russia-hardback-9781501753657","title":"Women of the Catacombs; Memoirs of the Underground Orthodox Church in Stalin's Russia (Hardback) 9781501753657","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWomen of the Catacombs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMemoirs of the Underground Orthodox Church in Stalin's Russia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWallace L. Daniel (Edited and translated by), Roy R. Robson (Foreword by), Archpriest Aleksandr Men (Preface by), Wallace L. Daniel (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501753657\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages, 13 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 13 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e[W]hy Christianity survived persecution in the Soviet Union, is to a great extent explained by the lives and religious faith of those presented to us in \u003ci\u003eWomen of the Catacombs\u003c\/i\u003e with expert commentary and explanations in an introduction and footnotes by the editor, Dr Wallace Daniel, who also published a biography of Fr Aleksandr in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e (Church Times) \u003cp\u003eReading these textsdoes highlight the distinctiveness of Elena and Vera's perspectives as believers, providing a rare insight into an alternative culture. Thanks to the contribution of Wallace Daniel and his collaborators, the perspectives of these two remarkable women can enrich our understanding of everyday life under extraordinary circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Russian Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe memoirs presented in\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen of the Catacombs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eoffer a rare close-up account of the underground Orthodox community and its priests during some of the most difficult years in Russian history.\u003c\/b\u003e The catacomb church in the Soviet Union came into existence in the 1920s and played a significant part in Russian national life for nearly fifty years. Adherents to the Orthodox faith often referred to the catacomb church as the \"light shining in the dark.\" \u003ci\u003eWomen of the Catacombs\u003c\/i\u003e provides a first-hand portrait of lived religion in its social, familial, and cultural setting during this tragic period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUntil now, scholars have had only brief, scattered fragments of information about Russia's illegal church organization that claimed to protect the purity of the Orthodox tradition. Vera Iakovlevna Vasilevskaia and Elena Semenovna Men, who joined the church as young women, offer evidence on how Russian Orthodoxy remained a viable, alternative presence in Soviet society, when all political, educational, and cultural institutions attempted to indoctrinate Soviet citizens with an atheistic perspective. Wallace L. Daniel's translation not only sheds light on Russia's religious and political history, but also shows how two educated women maintained their personal integrity in times when prevailing political and social headwinds moved in an opposite direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. I: Fr. Serafim by Vera Iakovlevna Vasilevskaia\u003cbr\u003e Ante Lucem\u003cbr\u003e One Must Take up the Cross\u003cbr\u003e White Chrysanthemums\u003cbr\u003e The Grace of the Holy Spirit\u003cbr\u003e Holding on to Christ's Garments\u003cbr\u003e Go to Sarov\u003cbr\u003e In Ravaged Sarov\u003cbr\u003e It Will Be More Difficult\u003cbr\u003e The War\u003cbr\u003e The Last Days and the End\u003cbr\u003e 2. II: Fr. Pyotr Shipkov by Vera Iakovlevna Vasilevskaia\u003cbr\u003e In Zagorsk during the War\u003cbr\u003e On the End of the War. The Rebirth of the Church\u003cbr\u003e Fr. Pyotr in Exile (Letters)\u003cbr\u003e Return from Exile\u003cbr\u003e Illness and the Final Days in the Life of Fr. Pyotr\u003cbr\u003e From the Letters of V. Ia. Vasilevskaia to N. V. Trapani\u003cbr\u003e 3. III: My Journey by Elena Semenovna Men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607801065752,"sku":"9781501753657","price":85.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/women-of-the-catacombs-memoirs-of-the-underground-orthodox-church-in-stalins-russia-hardback-9781501753657","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}