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An Icon's Journey Through History

May/June 2007

Author: Karla Cruise
Russian Life: May/June 2007
Department: Features
Page: 38   ( 2) pages

Summary: Discovered in a Russian forest 700 years ago, the Kursk Root Icon has a storied past - recently as a touchstone for the Russian Orthodox Church in exile. But the Church is reunifying. What of the icon?


This article appeared in the May/June 2007 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.

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