Symbolic image of the demolition of numerous Russian churches, accompanied by the demolition of human reason and conscience, making people march under the bloody red flags, brings to mind the fate of Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow: its destruction in 1931 was heralded as something quite laudable and "progressive" ...

It is hard to say whether at the time of the glorification anyone could foresee that just within 15 years the Cathedral would be rebuilt and re-consecrated for the Divine services.