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KURSK, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

Tartars came to raid the Kursk Region and cut the icon in two, the two halves grew together, leaving a small trace of the break.

In 1920 the Kursk Root icon left Russia as many faithful fled the country following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution that saw the start of a large-scale persecution of Christians. The icon traveled from place to place, including Serbia and Germany, and was finally taken to the United States.



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