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**VYholden** · 01-29-2010, 06:11 AM

New York, January 14, Interfax - The holy head of St John Chrysostom, kept in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral, will be brought to the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in New York.

The shrine will be available for veneration until February 12, then the Moscow Patriarchate delegation will take it back to Moscow, official website of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia reports.

The holy head of St John Chrysostom was brought to Russia in the 17th century from the Athos Vatopedi Monastery. It was kept in the Kremlin Assumption Cathedral up to 1922. From 1930 to 1988 the reliquary with the shrine belonged to the Foundation for Guarding of Russian Silver of the 19th century.

Several reliquaries, including the one with the hierarch’s head, were handed over to members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Church in the State Armoury Chamber on the eve of celebrating the 1000-year anniversary of Russia’s baptism on May 26, 1988.

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VYholden Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 635 Senior Member	New York, January 14, Interfax - The holy head of St John Chrysostom, kept in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral, will be brought to the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in New York. The shrine will be available for veneration until February 12, then the Moscow Patriarchate delegation will take it back to Moscow, official website of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia reports. The holy head of St John Chrysostom was brought to Russia in the 17th century from the Athos Vatopedi Monastery. It was kept in the Kremlin Assumption Cathedral up to 1922. From 1930 to 1988 the reliquary with the shrine belonged to the Foundation for Guarding of Russian Silver of the 19th century. Several reliquaries, including the one with the hierarch’s head, were handed over to members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Church in the State Armoury Chamber on the eve of celebrating the 1000-year anniversary of Russia’s baptism on May 26, 1988.
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