130K in St. Petersburg Touch Relics of Saint Spyridon
More than 100,000 people paid respects to the relics from Greece at the Kazan Cathedral. Yesterday, the reliquary containing the hand of Saint Spyridon of Trimithous was taken from the Kazan Cathedral to Pskov.
Consensus
- The relics of Saint Spyridon of Trimyfuntos were displayed in Saint Petersburg from August 27 to August 31.
- Over 130,000 visitors came to touch the relics during their stay in Saint Petersburg.
- The relics were transported from Corfu, Greece, to Russia on August 17.
- The relics were moved from Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg to Pskov on August 31.
- The relics will visit 12 Russian regions before being removed from the country on September 20.
- The display was organized with the involvement of volunteers and local religious authorities.
- The relics were housed in a casket at Kazan Cathedral during their visit.
Points of divergence
- The queue around Kazan Cathedral extended along the Griboedov Canal and occupied a neighboring street, as reported by a correspondent for RIA Novosti. — tg_rian_ru
- The queue on August 28 started from the Griboedov Canal and passed through Kazanskaya Street, according to a correspondent for 'Bumaga'. — tg_paperpaper_ru
- On the first day, the queue wrapped around the cathedral three times. — fontanka
Coverage (9 sources)
- In St. Petersburg, people stand in lines to touch the relics of Spiridon Trimifuntsky. The line circles the Kazan Cathedral... — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- More than 100,000 people prayed at relics from Greece in Kazan Cathedral — Бумага
- Queue in three rings. 130 thousand people came to pray at the relics of Spiridon Trimifunt in St. Petersburg — Фонтанка
- Endless queue. Believers try to pay respects to the relics of Spiridon Trimifunt for the third day — Фонтанка
- Day two, and people are even more numerous. The queue of believers around Kazan Cathedral continues to grow — Фонтанка
- First day of veneration of the relics of Spiridon Trimifuntsky in St. Petersburg concluded. Watch how it happened — Фонтанка
- Hundreds of people came to Kazan Cathedral in the evening to touch the relics of Spiridon Trimifunt — Фонтанка
- Giant queue surrounds Kazan Cathedral. We tell you what is happening — Фонтанка
- In the Kazan Cathedral, the Gospel of Saint Spyridon of Trimithous was brought — Фонтанка
Key entities
- Kazan Cathedral
- Spiridon Trimifuntsky
- St. Petersburg
- Fontanka
- Pskov
- Corfu
- Greece
- Griboedova
- Kazan Cathedral
- Moscow
- Russia
- IrkuTska
- RIA Novosti
- Smolensk
- Spiridon
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