Crowns of Barbed Wire
Subtitle: Orthodox Christian Martyrs of the Twentieth Century
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: February 12, 2015
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781503004399
Description: Crowns of Barbed Wire is an introduction to Orthodox martyrs of the twentieth century. It spans the world and covers the whole century, from the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 to the murder of a Chilean priest in 1997. Each section begins with a brief historical background to the period, followed by a selection of martyrs. A final section puts the Orthodox martyrs into the context of other Christian martyrs of the century. The author has chosen representative examples in order to build an accurate and moving panorama of courage and faith, offering inspiration to believers and non-believers alike.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; label: Part 1:
title: Chinese Martyrs of 1900; title: Orthodoxy in China; title: The Boxer Rebellion; title: Events of June 1900; title: The Martyrs; title: The Aftermath; label: Part 2:
title: Orthodoxy in the Austro-Hungarian Empire; title: The Carpatho-Rusyns; title: Maxim (Maximus) Sandovich (1914); label: Part 3:
title: The New Martyrs of the Soviet Union; title: Orthodoxy Under Soviet Rule; title: Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev (1917); title: Andronik, Archbishop of Perm (1918); title: Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (1918); title: Benjamin, Metropolitan of Petrograd (1922); title: Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Apostle to America (1925); title: Lydia Grammakova (1928); title: Arcadius, Bishop of Lubny (1937); title: The People of Voronezh (1926-51); title: New Martyrs of Estonia (1919); title: John of Riga (1934); label: Part 4:
title: Asia Minor; title: Historical Background; title: The Martyrs (1914-22); label: Part 5:
title: Nazi Germany and the Second World War; title: Nazism and Religion; title: Germany; title: France; title: Czechoslovakia; title: Greece; title: Yugoslavia; title: Poland; title: Postscript: The Dachau Easter Service; label: Part 6:
title: Post-War Eastern Europe; title: Background; title: Albania; title: Romania; title: USSR; label: Part 7:
title: A Selection of Postwar Martyrs; title: Turkey (1955); title: China: The Cultural Revolution (1966); title: Israel; title: The New World; title: Russia; label: Part 8:
title: In My Father's House; title: Non-Orthodox Christian Martyrs; title: The Westminster Abbey Martyrs; label: Part 9:
title: Postscript; title: Reconciliation; title: Acknowledgements; title: About the Author; title: More Books from Chris Moorey; title: One Last Thing...