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Around 1998, former KGB agent Konstantin Preobrazhensky investigated some recent deaths among the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, including Archpriest Lev Lebedev of Kursk in April 1998, and suspected that then-FSB head [[Vladimir Putin]] had been involved in the assassination.<ref>https://westernfreepress.com/2017/12/21/is-vladimir-putin-a-communist/</ref><ref>https://www.trevorloudon.com/2017/12/is-vladimir-putin-a-communist/</ref><!--In addition, Estonian archives pinned Patriarch Kirill as an unreprentant KGB agent, and that his installment had him bringing Putin out during consecrations, similar to Stalin during World War II.<ref>http://www.celticorthodoxchurch.com/kirill_KGB.html</ref>-->
Around 1998, former KGB agent Konstantin Preobrazhensky investigated some recent deaths among the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, including Archpriest Lev Lebedev of Kursk in April 1998, and suspected that then-FSB head [[Vladimir Putin]] had been involved in the assassination.<ref>https://westernfreepress.com/2017/12/21/is-vladimir-putin-a-communist/</ref><ref>https://www.trevorloudon.com/2017/12/is-vladimir-putin-a-communist/</ref><!--In addition, Estonian archives pinned Patriarch Kirill as an unreprentant KGB agent, and that his installment had him bringing Putin out during consecrations, similar to Stalin during World War II.<ref>http://www.celticorthodoxchurch.com/kirill_KGB.html</ref>-->
== The Present Situation in America ==
== The Present Situation in North America ==
Orthodox Churches in America today.<br> The Orthodox Church continues to grow in North America. Most of its bishops were born in America, many having converted (either from religions outside Christianity or other Christian churches) as adults. The Orthodox church has experienced a couple of waves of mass conversions, such as when several thousand Byzantine-rite Catholics converted in the early 20th Century.
Orthodox Churches in America today.<br> The Orthodox Church continues to grow in North America. Most of its bishops were born in America, many having converted (either from religions outside Christianity or other Christian churches) as adults. The Orthodox church has experienced a couple of waves of mass conversions, such as when several thousand Byzantine-rite Catholics converted in the early 20th Century.
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