"Since the fall of the Soviet regime, it has been revealed that 600 Bishops, 40,000 Priests, and 120,000 monks and nuns were killed during the Stalin period (1924-1953). Many of these died in the harsh conditions of prison or labor camps; others were shot or buried alive. By the end of Stalin's dictatorship, only some 200 priests remained active in the Soviet Union. The scale of this martyrdom is unprecendented in the history of the Christian Church...".

- from the translator's Foreword, translated from the Russian by Vera Bouteneff, from the book 'Father Arseny, 1893-1973, Priest, Prisoner, Spiritual Father'.

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