Wallace L. Daniel is Distinguished University Professor of History at Mercer University. He is author of Russia's Uncommon Prophet and The Orthodox Church and Civil Society in Russia.

[W]hy Christianity survived persecution in the Soviet Union, is to a great extent explained by the lives and religious faith of those presented to us in Women of the Catacombs with expert commentary and explanations in an introduction and footnotes by the editor, Dr Wallace Daniel, who also published a biography of Fr Aleksandr in 2016.(Church Times) Reading these textsdoes highlight the distinctiveness of Elena and Vera's perspectives as believers, providing a rare insight into an alternative culture. Thanks to the contribution of Wallace Daniel and his collaborators, the perspectives of these two remarkable women can enrich our understanding of everyday life under extraordinary circumstances.(The Russian Review)

• 1. I: Fr. Serafim by Vera Iakovlevna VasilevskaiaAnte LucemOne Must Take up the CrossWhite ChrysanthemumsThe Grace of the Holy SpiritHolding on to Christ's GarmentsGo to SarovIn Ravaged SarovIt Will Be More DifficultThe WarThe Last Days and the End2. II: Fr. Pyotr Shipkov by Vera Iakovlevna VasilevskaiaIn Zagorsk during the WarOn the End of the War. The Rebirth of the ChurchFr. Pyotr in Exile (Letters)Return from ExileIllness and the Final Days in the Life of Fr. PyotrFrom the Letters of V. Ia. Vasilevskaia to N. V. Trapani3. III: My Journey by Elena Semenovna Men

Wallace L. Daniel is Distinguished University Professor of History at Mercer University. He is author of Russia's Uncommon Prophet and The Orthodox Church and Civil Society in Russia.

[W]hy Christianity survived persecution in the Soviet Union, is to a great extent explained by the lives and religious faith of those presented to us in Women of the Catacombs with expert commentary and explanations in an introduction and footnotes by the editor, Dr Wallace Daniel, who also published a biography of Fr Aleksandr in 2016.(Church Times) Reading these textsdoes highlight the distinctiveness of Elena and Vera's perspectives as believers, providing a rare insight into an alternative culture. Thanks to the contribution of Wallace Daniel and his collaborators, the perspectives of these two remarkable women can enrich our understanding of everyday life under extraordinary circumstances.(The Russian Review)

• 1. I: Fr. Serafim by Vera Iakovlevna VasilevskaiaAnte LucemOne Must Take up the CrossWhite ChrysanthemumsThe Grace of the Holy SpiritHolding on to Christ's GarmentsGo to SarovIn Ravaged SarovIt Will Be More DifficultThe WarThe Last Days and the End2. II: Fr. Pyotr Shipkov by Vera Iakovlevna VasilevskaiaIn Zagorsk during the WarOn the End of the War. The Rebirth of the ChurchFr. Pyotr in Exile (Letters)Return from ExileIllness and the Final Days in the Life of Fr. PyotrFrom the Letters of V. Ia. Vasilevskaia to N. V. Trapani3. III: My Journey by Elena Semenovna Men

Wallace L. Daniel is Distinguished University Professor of History at Mercer University. He is author of Russia's Uncommon Prophet and The Orthodox Church and Civil Society in Russia.

[W]hy Christianity survived persecution in the Soviet Union, is to a great extent explained by the lives and religious faith of those presented to us in Women of the Catacombs with expert commentary and explanations in an introduction and footnotes by the editor, Dr Wallace Daniel, who also published a biography of Fr Aleksandr in 2016.(Church Times) Reading these textsdoes highlight the distinctiveness of Elena and Vera's perspectives as believers, providing a rare insight into an alternative culture. Thanks to the contribution of Wallace Daniel and his collaborators, the perspectives of these two remarkable women can enrich our understanding of everyday life under extraordinary circumstances.(The Russian Review)

• 1. I: Fr. Serafim by Vera Iakovlevna VasilevskaiaAnte LucemOne Must Take up the CrossWhite ChrysanthemumsThe Grace of the Holy SpiritHolding on to Christ's GarmentsGo to SarovIn Ravaged SarovIt Will Be More DifficultThe WarThe Last Days and the End2. II: Fr. Pyotr Shipkov by Vera Iakovlevna VasilevskaiaIn Zagorsk during the WarOn the End of the War. The Rebirth of the ChurchFr. Pyotr in Exile (Letters)Return from ExileIllness and the Final Days in the Life of Fr. PyotrFrom the Letters of V. Ia. Vasilevskaia to N. V. Trapani3. III: My Journey by Elena Semenovna Men