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State battles church over Russian icon
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MOSCOW -- A 12th-century icon that is said to have miraculous
powers to protect Russia from danger has been endangered itself in a
bitter custody battle between the Russian Orthodox Church and state
museum curators.
Both sides claimed victory yesterday in their tug-of-war over
Russia's most venerated icons. President Boris N. Yeltsin ordered
the works kept under state ownership, but said the church could use
them for religious services.
Neither got what it wanted: The church demanded the return of the
two religious paintings seized by the Bolsheviks more than 70 years
ago; the Tretyakov ...
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