Robin Ashenden

The trials and tribulations of Orthodox Lent

Russian Orthodox believers prepare Easter eggs and cakes for blessing on the eve of Orthodox Easter (Credit: Getty images)

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Robin Ashenden

Robin Ashenden is founder and ex-editor of the Central and Eastern European London Review. He is currently writing a novel about Solzhenitsyn, Khrushchev’s Thaw and the Hungarian Uprising.

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