Word: synods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...imposed the ultimate ecclesiastical penalty on the father of the Russian Revolution. More than 50 years after the bloody revolt that he led, Lenin was thus excommunicated from the faith in which he was baptized, and consigned to the lower regions of hell. The decision was taken by a synod of bishops of the expatriate church, who were incensed by the fact that UNESCO plans to observe the centennial of Lenin's birth and recognize him as "a great humanist...