Catacomb Church (Soviet Union)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:religious_organization gptkb:Underground_church
gptkbp:activity	clandestine worship secret ordinations underground liturgies
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:True_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Josephites gptkb:True_Orthodox_Christians Non-commemorators
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:founded	Soviet era
gptkbp:languageOfWorship	gptkb:Church_Slavonic
gptkbp:legacy	influenced post-Soviet True Orthodox movements
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Great_Purge gptkb:Soviet_anti-religious_campaigns destruction of churches martyrdom of believers arrests of clergy
gptkbp:notableFigure	Bishop Seraphim (Zvezdinsky) Bishop Victor (Ostrovidov) Metropolitan Joseph (Petrovykh)
gptkbp:notableFor	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Soviet_government
gptkbp:persecutedBy	gptkb:KGB gptkb:NKVD
gptkbp:reason_for_secrecy	fear of execution fear of arrest fear of deportation
gptkbp:reason_for_separation	persecution and state control of church
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_Russia gptkb:Old_Believers
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
gptkbp:separates	gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:status	illegal during Soviet era
gptkbp:worshipStyle	traditional Orthodox liturgy
gptkbp:活動分野	gptkb:Belarus gptkb:Caucasus gptkb:Central_Asia gptkb:Russia gptkb:Ukraine gptkb:Baltic_States
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Underground_churches
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Catacomb Church (Soviet Union)