Fragments of the relics of Prince Dmitry Donskoy handed over for veneration

Brief retelling from RIA II Several fragments of the relics of Prince Dmitry Donskoy will be transferred to the churches of the Russian Orthodox Church for veneration with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill. Patriarch Kirill led a prayer service at the open relics of the holy prince. The fragments were removed from a sarcophagus discovered in the Kremlin's Archangel Cathedral during restoration work. MOSCOW, August 17 – RIA Novosti. Fragments of the relics of Prince Dmitry Donskoy were handed over to believers for veneration, a source in the Russian Orthodox Church told RIA Novosti. Today, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' led a prayer service at the open relics of the holy prince. Your browser does not support this video format. He added that the remains were almost completely preserved, except for the left heel bone. A church representative admitted that the left foot could have been disturbed in the 19th century, when the teardrop was removed from the sarcophagus and transferred to the Armory for storage. In July, during restoration and emergency work in the Archangel Cathedral of the Kremlin, three sarcophagi, including Donskoy’s, were found over the burials of the Grand Dukes. Archaeological and anthropological studies have confirmed that the remains in it belong specifically to the holy noble Grand Duke. The relics have been preserved almost completely, the Russian Orthodox Church noted. Dmitry Donskoy (1350-1389) took the grand-ducal throne at the age of 12. He devoted himself to the cause of unifying Russian lands and liberation from the Tatar-Mongol yoke. On September 8, 1380, his army won the battle with the troops of Khan Mamai on the Kulikovo field between Nepryadva and the Don. After this, Prince Dimitri began to be called Donskoy.