The Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church recently "Canonised" Schema-Archbishop Anthony Abashidze, who died in 1942.

To most readers, this would be of limited interest, bar one very interesting detail in the life of this, by all accounts, very intellectually gifted and ascetic monk.

Schema-Archbishop Anthony Abashidze.

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It was Schema-Archbishop Anthony who, as Inspector of the Tbilisi theological seminary in Georgia, EXPELLED Joseph Dzhugashvili, better known as Joseph Stalin, from the seminary.

Schema-Archbishop Anthony suffered persecution and exile under Communist rule, but, interestingly, he died in peace.

Unlike so many whom Stalin sent to their deaths.

This ends the Article, as taken from the October 2012 issue of " The Catholic Illustrated", the Newspaper of  the Papa Stronsay community, known as The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer at www.papastronsay.blogspot.com

The following is an observation from Zephyrinus.

The wonderful, all-powerful, all-encompassing Communist regime.
What happened to it ?
Why didn't it go on, and on, and on, and on. and on. . ?
What was wrong with it ?
How come the All-Mighty Stalin died ?
Where is he, now ?

Joseph Stalin, in military uniform, with the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943).