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More than 59 thousand people venerated the relics of Spiridon Trimifuntsky and Dmitry Donskoy in Moscow

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In the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow on September 18, more than 59 thousand people venerated the relics of Spiridon Trimifuntsky and Dmitry Donskoy.
Access to the relics is organized from September 15 to 20 with limited opening hours.
Information about the queue is updated on the official channels of the Russian Orthodox Church.

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The relics of Spiridon Trimifuntsky and Dmitry Donskoy were brought to Moscow for the veneration of believers. Access is organized as part of a church event from September 15 to 20.

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More than 59 thousand people venerated the relics of Spiridon Trimifuntsky and Dmitry Donskoy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow on September 18.

Access to the queue for the relics is organized from September 15 to 19 from 08:00 to 20:00 and September 20 from 08:00 to 14:00.

Information about the length of the queue and waiting time will be updated on the official page for the bringing of the relics of St. Spyridon on VKontakte and on the website www.spiridon2026.ru.

MOSCOW, September 19 - RIA Novosti. More than 59 thousand people venerated the relics of Spiridon Trimifuntsky and Dmitry Donskoy in Moscow on Friday, Maria Korovina, press secretary of the Russian Orthodox Church commission for the development of pilgrimage and the bringing of shrines, told RIA Novosti.

Since Tuesday, thousands of believers have been venerating the relics of St. Spyridon of Trimifuntsky and Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

“On September 18, 59.1 thousand people venerated the relics of Saints Spyridon Trimifuntsky and Dmitry Donskoy in the capital’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior,” Korovina said.

The Russian Orthodox Church reported that access to the queue to the relics is organized from September 15 to 19 from 08.00 to 20.00 and on September 20 from 08.00 to 14.00.

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