Persecuting Orthodoxy in the Soviet Union as an Attempt of Destroying the Russia’s Eurasian Mission: An Example of Grigory Dolya and St Transfiguration Temple in Lednoe

In 1920s there was a split in Russian Orthodoxy initiated by the Soviet government. Traditionalists and “renovationists” appeared, with latter being artificially created Bolsheviks’ approval to undermine Eurasian role of former Empire. who became supporters newly elected Patriarch Tikhon were severely persecuted officials. paper, I study crisis Russia’s mission example priest Grigory Dolya, Dean St Transfiguration Temple Lednoe, Kharkov, Ukraine, is currently considered be glorified as new Orthodox saint martyr Ukrainian Church.