Makaryev Monastery
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Zheltovodsky Makaryev Convent of the Holy Trinity is one of the convents of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is located in the vicinity of the urban-type settlement of Makaryevo in Lyskovsky District o
General view
One of the towers of the Makaryev Monastery
The Saint's homecoming: more than five centuries after Venerable Macarius' flight from the ruins of his monastery, his head gets red-carpet treatment in the towns it visits on its way back to Makaryevo
Makariev Monastery 3
Translation (relics)
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In Christianity, the translation of relics is the ceremonial removal of holy objects from one place to another. Usually only the movement of the remains of a saint's body would be treated so formally,
Depiction of St. Corbinian's relics being translated to Freising from Merano, from a panel in the crypt of Freising Cathedral
Translation of the relics of St. Gregory to Petershausen Abbey, Germany
The Honorable Head of Venerable Macarius (in the golden reliquary held by Archbishop Georgy of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas) visits the city of Kstovo during its translation from Nizhny Novgorod's Pechersky Ascension Monastery to Makaryev Monastery.
17th-century icon of the Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas of Myra, from Myra in Asia Minor to Bari, Italy, in 1087 (Historic Museum in Sanok, Poland)