BOLSHEVISM.
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN RUSSIA. (Bt Csb'e— Pr«n Awvlatioo—CopyTi-fct) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) 'Received November 31st, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 2G. Recent reports from General Denikin ' show ar. astonishing rccord of religious porw>"Ut : "n u'vl-r the Ilolsbcvik ;e- j gime. Many of tho clergy of the Orthodox Church have martyred. Some were beaten to death with ramrods. Another priest, was stripped nnlcxl and pi iced before an open grave. "When lie made the si.n of the Cros-, the oxcnitimier cut eff his right hand. The body was unburie l, and the dogs ate it piecejiieil. Hardly a priest has escaped beating or arrest. | No bur'nls, or weddings are allr.wed without Bolshevik permission. The l?el Army men always refer to the Virgin Mary with blasphemy and "l:~"'-nity They b-calc un churcn sermid sing ipf'.cent hymns and s(;riL'-. They are (ler-,trcying ikons nnd using sacrcd vestments as horse-covers.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16694, 1 December 1919, Page 7
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