St. Petersburg
The Russian Revolution of 1917 started in St. Petersburg when Nicolas II abdicated the throne and communism took hold. Many more unfortunate events followed Lenin's grab of power, and there is still much religious and political turmoil happening today.
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Sabbath Rest for Weary Russia
Five hundred years ago horrific fires in Moscow signaled the death of the fifteenth-century Russian Reformation - a Reformation characterized by its emphasis on observing Saturday - the seventh day - as the Sabbath.
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Mission of Hope
The world needs hope today. You may live in China or in Russia, in India or in the United States but we all share the deficit of hope.
Mothers need hope when they see their children addicted to drugs or alcohol; fathers need hope struggling with finding a job or paying their bills. Children need hope that there is brighter future for them.
For ages the world was hoping to find the answers in the philosophy of atheism or secular humanism; in the tyranny of communism or greediness of capitalism, but the recent collapse of the traditional pillars of the human progress turned our attention to the only unshakable and eternal hope, to Jesus and His Kingdom.
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Testimonies Across the Globe
On the opening night of our Light of Hope meetings in the city of Chernivtsi, Ukraine, I met an elderly man who was waiting for me outside of the church. He knew that we did not have much time to talk so he was trying to find the right words to relate his story in just a few minutes. During the Soviet regime, Gregory, that was his name, worked at the office of a local communist party. He had a strong conviction in the right cause of the atheistic government suppressing and persecuting believers in God. In the early 90s, after the fall of communism, Gregory lost any will to live
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