Foreign tourists often ask me: “How has Russia become such a religious country after almost a century of communism?”
A place of religion in Russians’ minds and relationships between the church and the state throughout the 20th century will the theme of this walk, starting from Christ the Savior Cathedral – a symbol of the post-Soviet religious revival.
During the walk you can:
see the house of the most implacable atheism promoter who made Christmas tree literally illegal;
learn how it was to live in the monastery abandoned by the monks;
take a short course of “scientific atheism” in a university;
be surprised how being a believer can become a form of a young generation protest.
