Observations reveal how sacred relics influence political landscape in modern Russia, suggesting deeper social implications.
Pilgrims once crossed entire countries to venerate miraculous relics. In contemporary Russia, the relics themselves go on tour, while believers endure hours-long queues for a brief encounter with the sacred. What at first appears to be an extravagant form of mass devotion reveals something larger: the transformation of relics into instruments of political influence.
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