<p>Father Sevastyan meditates on the Gospels at Svyato-Kazansky hermitage, one of many Russian Orthodox communities resurrecting across the land.</p>
Father Sevastyan meditates on the Gospels at Svyato-Kazansky hermitage, one of many Russian Orthodox communities resurrecting across the land.
Soul of Russia
Driven underground for 75 years, the faith of the Russian tsars now enjoys favored status.
This story appears in the April 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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