300,000 Russians in Moscow Venerate Relics of Saint Nicholas

300,000 Russians in Moscow Stand in Huge Line for Up to 10 Hours to Venerate Relics of Saint Nicholas… Putin Pays Respects 

https://mysticpost.com/2017/06/catholic-prophecy-fatima-fulfilled-300000-russians-in-moscow-stand-in-huge-line-for-up-to-10-hours-to-venerate-relics-of-saint-nicholas-putin-pays-respects

MOSCOW (AP) — In the 3 weeks since St. Nicholas came to Moscow, more than 300,000 people have stood in huge lines for up to 10 hours to visit a gilded ark thought to carry his bone fragments.

The massive turnout to see the saint’s relics, which are on loan from their home in Bari, Italy for the first time, underline how strongly the Orthodox Church has become a part of Russians’ sense of themselves a quarter-century after the collapse of the officially atheist Soviet Union.

 
President Vladimir Putin, who says he was secretly baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church as an infant, paid his respects to the relics on the day they arrived in Moscow, where photos of him kissing the ark were widely featured in Russian media.

p.s.  December 6th is my birthday; thus Saint Nicholas is my Patron Saint!