Nearly 1,000,000 have venerated relics of St. Nicholas

Almost 1,000,000 people have venerated the relics of St. Nicholas Wonderworker in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral, reports Interfax.

According to data on the morning of Friday, the total number of those who came to the shrine was 989,200 people. Given that daily from 25 thousand to 42 thousand believers come to the relics of the saint, one can assume that today will a million mark will be passed.

In the Christ the Savior Cathedral, the shrine will be available for another three weeks – until July 12, and from July 13 to July 28 it will stay in St. Petersburg.