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Father Arseny, 1893-1973. Vera Bouteneff

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ISBN: 9780881411805 | 279 pages | 7 Mb

• Father Arseny, 1893-1973
• Vera Bouteneff
• Page: 279
• Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
• ISBN: 9780881411805
• Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press

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Overview

It is one of the great mysteries of life that in atmospheres of the harshest cruelty, a certain few not only survive but emerge as beacons of light and life. Father Arseny, former scholar of church art, became Prisoner No. 18376 in the brutal "special sector" of the Soviet prison camp system. In the darkness of systematic degradation of body and soul, he shone with the light of Christ's peace and compassion. This narrative, compiled from accounts of Father Arseny's spiritual children and others whom he brought to God, gives stirring glimpses of his life in prison camp and after his release. It also tells the stories of people whose lives, often during times of almost unimaginable crisis, were touched and