The Russian Church in the 20th Century

"It's a very complicated thing. We're commemorating the patriarch," he says. "This is coming from a side that many of us feel affinity for because they've been invaded" The church in Russia was under siege during communist times, but also had saints and martyrs who were part of the official church,. But when you have a situation where a light shines on a very specific action by a man of faith, that's what people really are meant to focus on.