The memoirs presented in Women of the Catacombs offer a rare close-up account of the underground Orthodox community and its priests during some of the most difficult years in Russian history.
Adherents to the Orthodox faith often referred to the catacomb church as the light shining in the dar.
The catacomb church in the Soviet Union came into existence in the 1920s and played a significant part in Russian national life for nearly fifty years.
The memoirs presented in Women of the Catacombs offer a rare close-up account of the underground Orthodox community and its priests during some of the most difficult years in Russian history