{"id":6522,"date":"2013-10-01T04:13:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T03:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=6522"},"modified":"2014-01-14T06:38:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T06:38:25","slug":"russia-hope-persecuted-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/russia-hope-persecuted-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia is Hope of Persecuted Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\" https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103911280480982124182?rel=author\">Robin Phillips<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Putin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6523 aligncenter\" alt=\"Putin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Putin.jpg\" width=\"588\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Putin.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Putin-600x334.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Putin-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a>Once the enemy of Christianity, Russia has now positioned itself as the hope of persecuted Christians, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtueonline.org\/portal\/modules\/news\/article.php?storyid=17889%20\\l%20.UggW5tId7FI#.Uko5zX_vwa8\" target=\"_blank\">Ralph H. Sidway <strong><\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtueonline.org\/portal\/modules\/news\/article.php?storyid=17889%20\\l%20.UggW5tId7FI#.Uko5zX_vwa8\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scarcely a day goes by now,&#8221; Sidway remarked, &#8220;where we do not read of yet another in a constellation of initiatives being undertaken by both the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian government on behalf of persecuted Christians and other victims in Syria, Egypt, and elsewhere in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sidway&#8217;s article shows specific ways that Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church are working together to defend the plight of Christians in Egypt, Syria, and the rest of the world while the West turns a blind eye. To read this excellent article, click on the following link:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtueonline.org\/portal\/modules\/news\/article.php?storyid=17889%20\\l%20.UggW5tId7FI#.Uko5zX_vwa8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Resurgent Russia: The Hope of Persecuted Christians<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Find out how to join Christian Voice and stand up for the King of kings (clicking on the link below does not commit you to join)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/P1OVTZ-gb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3940\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Join Today!\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Join_donate_Logo2.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Please note that persons wishing to comment on this story must enter a valid email address. 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Sidway reported. &#8220;Scarcely a day goes by now,&#8221; Sidway remarked, &#8220;where we do not read of yet another in a constellation of initiatives being undertaken by both the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-freedom"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Robin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/author\/robin\/"},"rttpg_comment":7,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/category\/christian-freedom\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Christian freedom<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"By Robin Phillips Once the enemy of Christianity, Russia has now positioned itself as the hope of persecuted Christians, Ralph H. 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