eastern religions – New Age in Russia

June 27, 2020

Underground Hare Krishnas and the KGB: ISKCON in Late Soviet Lithuania

Author: Rasa Pranskevičiūtė-Amoson The ideas of Krishna Consciousness in Lithuania came from Moscow (Russia) through Tallinn (Estonia) and Riga (Latvia) in 1979 and spread among students in Šiauliai who were interested in...

New Age in Russia

May 30, 2020

The Role of Eastern Religions in Spiritual Quests of Young Orthodox Converts in the Late Soviet Period

Author: Barbara Martin The religious revival characteristic of many post-Soviet societies is usually dated back to the Perestroika and the liberalization of legislation on religious cults after 1988. In fact, however, interest...

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Underground Hare Krishnas and the KGB: ISKCON in Late Soviet Lithuania

The Role of Eastern Religions in Spiritual Quests of Young Orthodox Converts in the Late Soviet Period

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