Presumed relics of confessor St. Athanasy of Oryol uncovered at Russian burial site

Presumed relics of confessor St. Athanasy of Oryol uncovered at Russian burial site

Orthodox clergy and forensic specialists uncovered what are believed to be the relics of St. Athanasy the Confessor, a fool-for-Christ who spent decades in Soviet prisons and psychiatric hospitals for his faith, during excavation work at his burial site in Oryol, Russia.