I don\'t think Stalin will be canonized. While it\'s true that Stalin had many churches built during WWII it seems that he had them built more in an attempt to get the population behind him during the war than building them to glorify Christ. He arguably may have actually destroyed more churches(not to mention the mass murders of millions of Orthodox laypeople and clergy)then he built. He certainly, as far as most historians can tell, never showed the slightest bit of contrition for his misdeeds and murderous ways. Which sets him apart from people like St. Paul and others.
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