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Book SynopsisTrade Review[W]hy Christianity survived persecution in the Soviet Union, is to a great extent explained by the lives and religious faith of those presented to us in Women of the Catacombs with expert commentary and explanations in an introduction and footnotes by the editor, Dr Wallace Daniel, who also published a biography of Fr Aleksandr in 2016.
* Church Times *
Reading these textsdoes highlight the distinctiveness of Elena and Vera's perspectives as believers, providing a rare insight into an alternative culture. Thanks to the contribution of Wallace Daniel and his collaborators, the perspectives of these two remarkable women can enrich our understanding of everyday life under extraordinary circumstances.
* The Russian Review *
Table of Contents1. I: Fr. Serafim by Vera Iakovlevna Vasilevskaia
Ante Lucem
One Must Take up the Cross
White Chrysanthemums
The Grace of the Holy Spirit
Holding on to Christ's Garments
Go to Sarov
In Ravaged Sarov
It Will Be More Difficult
The War
The Last Days and the End
2. II: Fr. Pyotr Shipkov by Vera Iakovlevna Vasilevskaia
In Zagorsk during the War
On the End of the War. The Rebirth of the Church
Fr. Pyotr in Exile (Letters)
Return from Exile
Illness and the Final Days in the Life of Fr. Pyotr
From the Letters of V. Ia. Vasilevskaia to N. V. Trapani
3. III: My Journey by Elena Semenovna Men
