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The Mansurova Sisters
Aleksandr Poleshchuk
Ivan Boltov
Platon (Kulbusch)
Aleksander (Paulus)
Joann Envere
Jānis (Pommers)
Kirils Zaics
Joann Ümarik
Grigorii (Krug)
Joann Kuldmäe
Vassili Borin
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James White
February 17, 2022

Online Lecture: How Ruhnu (Almost) Became Orthodox

James White
February 17, 2022

On 10 February 2022, Dr James M. White, founder of balticorthodoxy.com, gave an online lecture for the Narva Museum about the attempted conversion of Ruhnu islanders to Orthodoxy in 1866-1867.

Older PostReview of N. Kizenko, Good for the Souls: A History of Confession in the Russian Empire (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021)

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