These essays give first person description of one fanatical Russian Christian sect about which there have been many, many damage reports.
These essays require attention and careful reading. Heart rending testimony on how a childhood can be utterly vandalized when parents are cult recruited.
This group taught a cultic interpretation of Russian Christianity which emphasized end times apocalypse, the evil of the outside world, isolating oneself and one's family from those not sharing the doctrine, keeping children segregated from the outside world, hatred of the body, and strenuous fasting. And - endless financial demands by the monks.
(How Elizabeth Ann's parents were recruited. The monks who recruited them were part of the Christ of the Hills Monastery in Blanco, New Mexico. Many damage reports on this group. Several of the monks were sentenced and jailed for sexual abuse.)
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25 Years in an Eastern Orthodox Cult Part 2: Introduction to the “True Church” (Elizabeth Ann)
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(How the family were taught by the Blanco monks to live as "Orthodox Christians" preparing for apocalypse)
25 Years in an Eastern Orthodox Cult Part 3: Many Miracles (Elizabeth Ann)
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25 Years in an Eastern Orthodox Cult Part 4: Pulling Away (Elizabeth Ann)
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25 Years in an Eastern Orthodox Cult – How I Left the Cult – Where to Find Help . (Elizabeth Ann)
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A discussion of Elizabeth Ann's expose on a discussion forum.
It shows how brave she was in going public.
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