Profile: Controversy surrounding the canonization of Russia's Czar Nicholas II

From: Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR) | Date: August 13, 2000| Author: LISA SIMEONE | Copyright information


NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday

08-13-2000

Profile: Controversy surrounding the canonization of Russia's Czar Nicholas II

Host: LISA SIMEONE
Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM

LISA SIMEONE, host:

In Moscow today, the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church opened meetings that are expected to approve the canonization of 800 so-called martyrs. These new saints will include victims of Stalin's regime and perhaps the best-known casualties of t...

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