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Viktor Popkov's 'Intoxicating Happiness'

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And: How an old religious painting on a plank symbolizes her family's epic struggle

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Mar 25, 2021
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St. Basil, Fool For Christ, At Prayer (Sergei Kirillov, 1994)

Tonight I was interviewed in a Clubhouse room about Live Not By Lies and other books of mine. The host said at some point that “this is grim,” and I guess it was, with all the talk of suffering for the truth, and for the faith. His remark made me think, though, about the things I heard from th…

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