The relics of Saint Prince Dmitry Donskoy await in the North Military District zone

The relics of the Holy Blessed Prince Dmitry Donskoy are waiting on the line of combat contact in the zone of a special military operation.

MOSCOW, September 10 - RIA Novosti. The relics of the Holy Blessed Prince Dmitry Donskoy are waiting on the line of combat contact in the zone of a special military operation, said Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Presidential Council for the Implementation of State Policy in the Sphere of Supporting the Russian Language and the Languages ​​of the Peoples of the Russian Federation Elena Yampolskaya.

The presidential adviser recalled that in August the relics of the Holy Blessed Prince Dmitry Donskoy were found in the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.

“Our president spoke about the significance of this event; literally last Sunday, September 6, a Moscow-wide religious procession with the relics of Dmitry Donskoy took place in the capital. These relics are waiting on the line of military contact, because our saints protect us both in times of peace and in troubled times,” Yampolskaya told reporters.

Earlier, restorers opened the sarcophagus of St. Prince Dmitry Donskoy in the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Research has confirmed that the remains belong to him. On August 18, Patriarch Kirill performed a prayer service at the relics of the holy prince. On August 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin prayed in the Archangel Cathedral. According to the Russian Orthodox Church, several fragments of the relics of Dmitry Donskoy were taken from those located in the sarcophagus and placed in arks for the worship of believers. One of the relics has been available for veneration in the capital’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior since September 7.