Meet Christ
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This article collects the testimony of Tatiana Goritcheva, a Soviet Christian philosopher and activist, delivered before a Western audience. It takes the form of an autobiographical account and a portrait of clandestine religious life in the USSR. The author traces her personal journey, from involvement in the Komsomol and existentialist philosophy to her conversion to Orthodox Christianity, which occurred while reciting the Lord's Prayer. She then describes the networks of underground seminars in Leningrad, spiritual life in Russian monasteries, the role of startsy and women of the people, as well as the repression carried out by the KGB. The contribution of this testimony is to document from the inside the Christian revival in Soviet Russia during the 1960s-1980s, highlighting the charismatic and communal dimension of this faith born under constraint.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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