YAKOV KROTOV
Venerational decease
In the Moscow church of St. Nicholas near State Library ("Staroye
Vagan'kovo") Grigoriy Rasputin is venerated as a saint, although
semi-secretly. His portrait is kept in the altar of the church as
"private property temporarily kept by the Church." Nadya
Kevorkova (Novaya gazeta, 8.2.2001, p. 7) saw the portrait and spoke
with some of the parishioners, who stated the this "icon"
is wonder-working..
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