Matthew Hartley
The time period under consideration in this article covers three major epochs which can be roughly divided according to the major power controlling the region at the time.
Bishop Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky)
The Nativity of the Virgin Mary is the day that heralds the nearing to humanity of the awaited Light, which would lead mankind out from the power of darkness.
Annotations in eighth-century manuscript point to work of revered English monk, scholar and saint.
Anastasia Vysotenko
In August 1937, the ascetic was denounced, arrested, and charged with “active counter-revolutionary activity and spreading rumors about the imminent collapse of the collective farm system and Soviet power.”
Alina Sergeichuk
The authorities did not kill Nikolai Grigorievich, who by then was already seventy-five years old. But the fate prepared for him was even harder than quick death.