In two weeks, 135 thousand Russians venerated the relics of Alexander Nevsky

Since May 10, the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky. During this time, in Kaluga, Tula, Ryazan, Tambov, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk, Orel and Bryansk, about 135 thousand people bowed to the shrine, according to the Foundation of St. Andrew the First-Called. In many cathedrals where the relics were exhibited, round-the-clock access to them was organized.

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• For two weeks, 135 thousand believers of ten dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church bowed to the relics of Alexander Nevsky // Interfax-religion. 2008. May 28.