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Victims of totalitarian rule to be remembered in St Petersburg
MOSCOW, February 13 (Itar-Tass) - A memorial service to commemorate
the victims of totalitarian rule will be held at the Levashovskoye
cemetery for the victims of political repressions near St. Petersburg on Sunday.
The commemorative event is timed to coincide with the Russian Day of New Martyrs and Confessors that will be marked on Sunday.
Protopriest Alexander Sorokin will lead the memorial service.
A tradition to commemorate the martyrs of faith at the evashovskoye cemetery dates back to 1989. The Soviet secret service known as NKVD held mass shootings and executions in Levashovo on the 20th anniversary of the 1917 October revolution. About 46,000 political prisoners shot dead on political charges are believed to be buried at Levashovo. A monument called "The Moloch of Totalitarianism" has been unveiled at the place of mass graves.
Priests Pavel Florensky and Fyodor Okunev as well as poets Nikolai
Gumilev and Nikolai Oleinikov are also buried here.
In Moscow, a church service to commemorate all Russian compatriots who gave their lives for the Christian faith in the tragic 20th century will be held in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
In 2000, the Russian Orthodox Church glorified more than a thousand compatriots in the hosts of new Russian martyrs and confessors. About 2,000 men of faith have been canonized.
The Russian Orthodox Church calls those who were shot dead or died in labour camps new martyrs. Those who survived that nightmare are called confessors.
The Bishops Council of the Russian Orthodox Church that recently met in Moscow urged society to pay more tribute to the memory of those who had shown an example of devotion to high human values. They didn't compromise with their conscience for the sake of comfort and didn't justify themselves with the harsh circumstances of the time in which they lived.
Worshipping saints who were tortured to death for loyalty to human
dignity ultimately means showing respect for the freedom of choice and
personal freedom.
the victims of totalitarian rule will be held at the Levashovskoye
cemetery for the victims of political repressions near St. Petersburg on Sunday.
The commemorative event is timed to coincide with the Russian Day of New Martyrs and Confessors that will be marked on Sunday.
Protopriest Alexander Sorokin will lead the memorial service.
A tradition to commemorate the martyrs of faith at the evashovskoye cemetery dates back to 1989. The Soviet secret service known as NKVD held mass shootings and executions in Levashovo on the 20th anniversary of the 1917 October revolution. About 46,000 political prisoners shot dead on political charges are believed to be buried at Levashovo. A monument called "The Moloch of Totalitarianism" has been unveiled at the place of mass graves.
Priests Pavel Florensky and Fyodor Okunev as well as poets Nikolai
Gumilev and Nikolai Oleinikov are also buried here.
In Moscow, a church service to commemorate all Russian compatriots who gave their lives for the Christian faith in the tragic 20th century will be held in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.
In 2000, the Russian Orthodox Church glorified more than a thousand compatriots in the hosts of new Russian martyrs and confessors. About 2,000 men of faith have been canonized.
The Russian Orthodox Church calls those who were shot dead or died in labour camps new martyrs. Those who survived that nightmare are called confessors.
The Bishops Council of the Russian Orthodox Church that recently met in Moscow urged society to pay more tribute to the memory of those who had shown an example of devotion to high human values. They didn't compromise with their conscience for the sake of comfort and didn't justify themselves with the harsh circumstances of the time in which they lived.
Worshipping saints who were tortured to death for loyalty to human
dignity ultimately means showing respect for the freedom of choice and
personal freedom.
