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Nov 2023
1h 25m

Russia's New Martyrs (Lesson 4): The Sat...

Fr. Peter Heers
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In this series of ten lectures given by Fr. Peter Heers, he examines the witness of the Holy New Martyrs of Russia in the aftermath of the bloody October Revolution, including both the personal testimony of their lives, their response to the heresy of Caesaropapism, and the spiritual lessons these countless confessor-saints have to teach us, the Orthodox Chr ... Show More
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