Russian Christian Orthodoxy
Russian Christian Orthodoxy Still not truly impartial freedom: Most sources say it’s now no problem for the elderly and the lower-class workers to attend the elaborate Russian Orthodox Church services, such as this one. but for any young person with a good job, it can still easily mean the end of a career. The struggle goes on. But in the background, local persecutions against Christians still go on. In the last few months, the militia has broken up services of unregistered churches in no fewer than 13 towns. The owners of the homes where the services were conducted were fined 100 rubles, or about half a month’s pay. One Christian, within a recent two-year period, was fined 3,000 rubles, or 15 months’ full pay. The legal bases for these persecutions are statutes enacted by Josef Stalin in 1929. These statutes outlaw all religious activities except Sunday worship services in registered churches. Though the Soviet government now practices selective non-enforc...