From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Famed Russian icon returns to its home.
TIKHVIN, Russia — Thousands of pilgrims gathered Thursday to greet one of the most significant Russian Orthodox icons as it returned to its home at the Tikhvin Assumption Monastery after six decades in the United States.
After arriving in a special train car from St. Petersburg, 135 miles away, the Virgin of Tikhvin icon was carried aloft by Orthodox priests in dark robes toward the monastery, where it will be placed in an ornate shrine and protected by guards. [continue]
Elsewhere today:
Russian joy as icon comes home - The Telegraph
Thousands Hail Tikhvin Virgin Return - St Petersburg Times
Shrine returns to monastery - NewsFromRussia.com
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