Thieves cross themselves to rob a church

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Thieves cross themselves to rob a church

In the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, south of the Ural Mountains, two gypsy thieves stole a relic from an Orthodox church during a baptism, local media reported. The criminals were apparently among the guests at the ceremony organised by a gypsy family. Taking advantage of the fact that the attention of the priests and other church officials was focused on the baptism, the criminals took a 100-year-old religious icon and two lithographs. “Impossi…