Not sure you know what you are talking about. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church By "th

Not sure you know what you are talking about. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church By "they were" you are implying the people of Russia. While some in government heavily persecuted the Church, a lot of people obviously still wanted to keep going or else after the first such purge it would have been over. People went despite the best efforts of the Communists to dissuade them.