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this edition. inside a monastery

monastery in Kagan, Eastern Georgia, a group of Orthodox Christians from Russia are in prayer,

with eyes closed, they're chanting.

They've travelled far to pay homage to St. Nino, a young woman who in the fourth century was seen to perform miracles.

More inside the actual tomb of Saint Nino.

She's buried below here in a vault, a chamber below this icon.

And the image of Saint Nino on a golden marble surface looks worn by centuries of adoration.

This tradition in orthodoxy to come to a grave like this to be on your knees,

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