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Josyp Terelya, Witness to Apparitions and Persecution in the USSR: An Autobiography
Josyp Jaromyr Terlya has fought for the cause of Christianity all his life and in the most hostile of circumstances, including 20 years in prisons and camps. This is his authbiography.
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324 pages
Published
October 1st 1992
by Faith Publishing Company
(first published June 1991)
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Fascinating account of life in an atheistic society where freedom is disdained and human dignity abused all for the greater good. The role of The church and The Blessed Mother in overcoming such conditions is immeasurable and invaluable. I'm struck by the sentence " The Russians rather have the young men (and women) drunk on vodka than praying". Not far removed from the USA today.
I read this when I was 17 and don't quite recall all the specifics. I do remember that Terelya's account of his faith experience and persecution is very vivid. Over the years, I have thought back to this book in a couple respects.
On the one hand, I think some of his claims are pretty dubious. I think he says he found markings inside KGB cells where he was confined that showed they formerly held Raoul Wallenberg (the Swedish diplomat who rescued Jews in Hungary during WWII and later died in Sovi ...more
On the one hand, I think some of his claims are pretty dubious. I think he says he found markings inside KGB cells where he was confined that showed they formerly held Raoul Wallenberg (the Swedish diplomat who rescued Jews in Hungary during WWII and later died in Sovi ...more
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