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| | An Instrument of God – New Martyr Bishop Basil of Kineshma |
 | | Today, a Christians face increased pressure to discard doctrine and dogma in favor of a 'politically correct' religious syncretism, we should give special attention to the lives of those saints who were confessors of the faith, who refused to accommodate themselves to the spirit of the world. |
 | | This resistance led to his first arrest, in 1923, and exile to Ziransk in the company of five other hierarchs, among whom was Metropolitan Cyril of Kazan, a future leader of the Catacomb Church. |
 | | We are fortunate here in the West to have available not only this wonderful Life, but also portions of the Saint's relics, particles of which were placed in the altar table of the St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington D.C., at the time of its consecration, September 10, 1988. |
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