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Icons stolen from Russian Orthodox church

Three ancient icons, one of which contained relics of Russia's most venerated saint, have been stolen from a church in Moscow.

Clerics at the St Trinity church in a Moscow suburb discovered the theft after a service on Saturday, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

One of the icons contained relics of St Sergiy of Radonezh, a 14th century Orthodox monk who became Moscow's patron saint....

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)