With God in Russia: The Inspiring Classic Account of a Catholic Priest's Twenty-Three Years in Soviet Prisons and Labor Camps

by Walter J. Ciszek and Daniel L. Flaherty

Book Overview

". . . a human and historical document of compelling interest." -- The Atlantic

Powerful and inspirational, With God in Russia captures the heroic patience, endurance, and religious conviction of a man whose life embodied the Christian ideals that sustained him.

While ministering in Eastern Europe during World War II, Polish-American priest Walter Ciszek, S.J., was arrested by the NKVD,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006264162X
• ISBN13: 9780062641625
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Tough ministry for a tough guy

Born in Pennsylvania and growing up as a tough guy on the street, Father Ciszek surely blundered into one of the toughest ministries ever. He had the worst case of historical myopia this reviewer has ever seen, but such a trait may have been required to lead him to his prison ministry. He gets a fixed idea that he must minister in Russia. In seminary in Poland when the Russians overrun it, he decides on his own to enter Russia, obtaining reluctant approval at the last minute. When does he enter? You guessed it - after the Germans invade Russia. He picks a Polish pseudonym and heads for the front! Naturally, the NKVD arrests him for espionage, but after thorough investigation are totally stymied by the good father. They offer him a ministry at the front, but he turns it down, at a time when 40 million people are dying and the Russians are fighting for the right to exist at all. So, he goes to the camps. There he keeps the flicker of faith alive among the hopeless. Miraculously, at the end of his working ministry, he gets to be repatriated and retire in the U.S.

Amazing Life Story

I read this book back in 1987 while a patient in a local Veteran's Hospital. A priest had stopped in to visit and offered it to me for something to pass the time. It was one of those books that once you started to read it, you couldn't put it down. I read the book in a week, and it really touched me as to the testament of a person's faith in a time of struggle. I regard it as an honor to of been afforded the opportunity to of been given this book to read in a time of need.

Great witness to the power of God's providence

This book really shows how faith gives meaning ti life even in the most exteme circumstances. Fr Ciszek humbly tells his story of how his trust in God's providence brought him through terrible experiences so that he could witness to God in a land ruled by an atheistic government. As Fr Ciszek admits - this is just the story. It should be read together with his other book 'He leadeth me' to understand more fully Fr Ciszek's faith.

Superb, Heart Warming

This book is an illustration of unshakable faith. Reading this book is very pleasant experience