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EPISODE · Aug 29, 2024

05 - The Cross and the Empire

from The Wolf and the Cross · host Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick and Richard Rohlin

The story of Lithuania in the Russian Empire is complicated. This tumultuous era saw numerous uprisings, religious persecution, the conversion of many Greek Catholics to the Orthodox Church, mass emigration, and the suppression of Lithuanian identity. Would Lithuania survive? What about its Orthodox Christians? In the midst of more than a century of upheaval, we meet Fr. Andrew’s ancestors, and bright lights for Christ shine in the darkness.

The story of Lithuania in the Russian Empire is complicated. This tumultuous era saw numerous uprisings, religious persecution, the conversion of many Greek Catholics to the Orthodox Church, mass emigration, and the suppression of Lithuanian identity. Would Lithuania survive? What about its Orthodox Christians? In the midst of more than a century of upheaval, we meet Fr. Andrew’s ancestors, and bright lights for Christ shine in the darkness.

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