But they were soon forced to flee Communist persecution, leaving for Prague and then setting sail for New York, where they arrived in fall 1947.

Despite the vast Communist persecutions of the 1930s with the destruction of most monasteries, a great many of these works have survived.

Due to Communist persecution of religious clergy, Geshe Wangyal decided to end his return trip home.

In 1920 he emigrated to Czechoslovakia due to Russian Communist persecution against Orthodoxy.

The church is seeking money for restoration work after seven decades of Communist persecution.

The third wave was composed of Slovene political immigrants that settled in Argentina after 1945 to escape Communist persecution.

Several tens of thousands of Slovenes left Slovenia immediately after the war in fear of Communist persecution.

He condemned Communist persecution and also American military interventions.

In the Soviet Union their organizational structures ceased to exist by 1930 due to the Communist persecution.

"We need a lot of money to restore what was lost," the Archbishop said, referring to seven decades of Communist persecution of the church.