Living Church
The "Living Church" (Russian: Живая Церковь) was a Renovationist organization that emerged in May 1922 with the active support of the State Political Directorate (GPU) under the NKVD of the RSFSR. Throughout its existence, the leader of the "Living Church" was the protopresbyter Vladimir Krasnitsky. Although the "Living Church," at its founding in May 1922, declared its intention to enact sweeping reforms in church life—including revisions of doctrine—in practice, its activities largely revolved around the promotion of privileges for the married ("white") clergy and the suppression of "counterrevolution" within the Church.