MIRACULOUS CROSS OF GODENOVO

The cross which the Lord has preserved for us, and even in an active church, is not just a relic or amazing artistic image—it is a wonderworker. The endless stream of pilgrims to it bears witness: the Russian heart seeks the Cross.

The Godenov cross is a unique sacred object, miraculously found many centuries ago in Yaroslavl. And as in the past, thousands of pilgrims come to the cross. Igumena Evstolia (Afonina), abbess of the Pereslavl-Nikolsky Monastery, whose podvoriye in the city of Godenov houses the sacred cross in its St. John Chrysostom church, speaks on the cross, its history, and the miracles connected with it.

Blessed at Saviour Cathedral in Moscow.