In 1988, Ronald Reagan went to the newly restored Danilov Monastery in Moscow. Founded in the 13th century, the monastery had been restored not by the generosity of the Soviet state but by, as Reagan noted, "35 million believers" who had given "personal contributions."
"Our people feel it keenly when religious freedom is denied to anyone anywhere," said Reagan boldly in the heart of Communist oppression. "And hope with you that soon all the many Soviet religious communities that are now prevented from registering, or are banned altogether … will soon be able to practice their religion freely and openly and instruct their children in and outside the home in the fundamentals of their faith."..."
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