Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Moscow. Originally built in 1881, razed on Stalin's orders in 1931, rebuilt after Communism fell.
Posted on 12/24/2018 6:03:06 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
I was in Moscow in December, 1981 and I attended The Nutcracker at the Bolshoi Ballet one evening. I wonder if it was the same performance that you saw.
As the Cold Warriors hoped and worked for, communism as the dominant political force is gone from Russia, but Christianity is still there.
Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Moscow. Originally built in 1881, razed on Stalin's orders in 1931, rebuilt after Communism fell.
Unfortunately a few steps away from Christ the Saviour cathedral remains Lenin’s embalmed body on open display - smack in the center of Red Square.
And even more unfortunately, because enough ‘collusion’ was the rule between key Orthodox church leaders (the ones who didn’t end up in the Gulag) and Stalinists/KGB during Soviet times - the legacy still remains. A lot of ex KGB members merely switched their badges for crosses and church garb. Not *all* are like that, but enough...
Hence why Ukrainian Christians broke from the Moscow patriarchate this year.
What were you doing with Commies in LA, working undercover for the FBI?
Working undercover for Young Americans for Freedom (YAF)
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