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Let God Arise, and Let His Enemies be Scattered

Trial by Water

Trial by Water

Martyrdom by water is exemplified by the drowning of Bishop Hermogenes of Tobolsk and other believers with him, who were thrown bound with a stone around their necks, from the steamship Petrograd into the Tura river. It happened on June 16(29), 1918, just a few days after the murder of the Royal Family.

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