<P> Many thousands of victims of persecution were subsequently recognized in a special canon of saints known as the "new - martyrs and confessors of Russia". </P> <P> Patriarch Tikhon anathematized the communist government, which further antagonized relations . </P> <P> The Soviet authorities sponsored I Renovationist (officially called II All - Russian Council) in Moscow from April 29 to May 8, 1923, which apart from confirming the decisions concerning changes in the canonical rules of ordinations and clerical marriage, put Patriarch Tikhon (then under house arrest, awaiting civil trial) on ecclesiastic trial in absentia, dethroned him, stripped him of his episcopacy, priesthood and monastic status . The Council then resolved to abolish the Patriarchate altogether and to return to the "collegial" form of church government . Tikhon refused to recognize the authority of the Council and the validity of the "court" decision . The Council's decisions had no effect on the life of the Patriarchal or "Tikhonite" Church, which continued to exist, albeit on an illegal footing . </P> <P> When Tikhon died in 1925, the Soviet authorities forbade patriarchal elections to be held . </P>

Which of the following happened to the russian orthodox church under mongol rule