Shroud of Turin
The Shroud - the canvas, in which, according to legend, was wrapped body of Jesus Christ was executed and the imprint of his body. The first mention of it relates to 1353, when the Crusaders Zheffrua de Charnay announced that it has this relic. In 1532 the shroud is kept in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, laid in a special ark, and periodically reviews available for the pilgrims. The Christian church does not have a unified position on the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and according to radiocarbon dating, the fabric was made in the XIV century.
Popularity in 2010, Relic was first in the new millennium was open to the pilgrimage, and for 45 days it saw 2.1 million people.
The head of John the Baptist
John the Baptist baptized Jesus on the banks of the Jordan, was executed at the request of Salome - the daughter of Herodias, the Tetrarch of Galilee wife of Herod Antipas. According to legend, Herodias kept by the head of the palace made one of her maids, and then secretly buried relic. The Orthodox Church celebrates the three gaining head of John the Baptist. The Catholic believes the only true head, which is stored in the church of San Silvestro,-in-Kapite in Rome. Followers of Islam, in turn, argue that the head of John the Baptist in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. However, there are still a few places that are thought to be too kept his head: Amiens, Antioch, and Armenia.
Popularity: The total number of pilgrims each year seeking to see the head of John the Baptist, in all these places, hundreds of thousands.
The belt Virgin Mary
Relic, which, according to legend, the Virgin Mary before the ascension gave chasuble with two widows of Jerusalem (in the Catholic tradition - the Apostle Thomas). With the IV century BC. Oe. Time was kept in Constantinople, and after his fall in 1453 was divided into several parts, which were in different countries. Nowadays we know five places where you store the particle belt of the Virgin. One of them, the small, based in Moscow, in the church of Elijah the prophet everyday, and the most famous - in a monastery on Mount Athos Vatopedi and in the cathedral of Prato in Italy. In addition, his possession of the particles belt of the Virgin Mary Monastery claim Trooditissa in Cyprus and Blachernae church in the Georgian town of Zugdidi.
Popularity: According to preliminary data, to worship relics, brought from Greece for a month, came to more than 2.5 million Russians in 15 cities.
The Crown of Thorns
The crown of thorns on the orders of Pontius Pilate to put Jesus Christ on his head before he went to the cross road to Calvary. Today revered relic is kept in the most famous cathedral in Paris Notre-Dame de Paris - Notre Dame. In France, it fell in the XIII Century: The Emperor of Constantinople, founded by a Venetian bank bought crown King St. Louis IX. Originally kept in the basilica of Saint-Chapelle, after 1801 - at Notre-Dame de Paris.
Popularity: every first Friday of the month, and the Catholic Lent - every Friday and on Good Friday, believers to endure the relic, and every time to see her going to a thousand people.
Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God
Authorship of the icon tradition attributes the evangelist Luke, but is more likely that he wrote the original version, from which then made a copy. At the beginning of the XII century Prince Yuri Dolgoruky was the icon as a gift from the Patriarch of Constantinople Luke Hrisoverga. From 1155, till 1395 the relic was kept in the Cathedral of the Assumption in Vladimir, whence its name. Then there was the Assumption Cathedral of Moscow Kremlin, under the Soviet regime was removed and ended up in the State Tretyakov Gallery. Since 1999, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God is kept in the church-museum of St. Nicholas in the interpreter.
Popularity: daily church-museum of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi visited by hundreds of people.
Beard Prophet Muhammad
According to legend, after the death of the Prophet Muhammad devoted his barber shaved his beard respected and preserved it. Today, the relic, which is considered a beard of the Prophet, is stored in the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul and it can be seen not only as Muslim pilgrims, and tourists. In addition, there are several hair from the beard of Muhammad, which are stored in different places around the world, including the mosque Hazratbal (Srinagar, India) and in the Tyumen regional museum. In Russia, the hair of the Prophet was in the late XIX century through the efforts of the Tyumen merchant philanthropist Haji-Nigmatulla Karmyshkova-Seydukova and stored in the mosque Embaevskih Yurt, while in 1920 was withdrawn and transferred to the museum.
Popularity: Daily Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, visiting several thousand people.
the Kaaba Black Stone
In the eastern corner of the Muslim holy buildings - the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca - mounted a black stone, which the followers of Islam called the Stone of forgiveness. In Muslim tradition, Stone forgiveness does not possess any supernatural properties and must first specify the angle from which to begin round the Kaaba. Nevertheless, pilgrims tend to kiss the stone, or at least touch it, following the example of Prophet Muhammad. According to legend Allah has bestowed upon a rock ("white sapphire"), Adam, when he was thrown to the ground and made his way to Mecca, and he was originally white and turned black, impregnated by human sin. Non-Muslim tradition generally regards it as a meteorite, but it is difficult to prove it still failed.
Popularity: This year during the Hajj in Mecca, visited by nearly 3 million people.
Maqam Ibrahim
Another relic, located in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca. According to the teachings of Islam, the Prophet Ibrahim Kaba restored and its walls rose above his height, his son, Ismail's father drove up to the stone, standing on that, he also finished the construction of the building. Muslims believe one of the wonders that during the construction of stone became soft, and it left footprints of Abraham. Standing next to Maqamat Ibrahim, imams led a prayer of the faithful, which every year gathers several millions.
Popularity: courtyard Sacred Mosque in Mecca at the same time can be seen and Maqam Ibrahim, 105 000 people.
Buddha's Tooth
According to legend, the tooth is one of Buddha's disciples snatched from the funeral pyre teacher. Eight centuries the relic was kept in India, and only then was transferred to Ceylon. In the XVIII century in the city of Kandy was erected a temple Dalada Maligawa, where she kept to this day. In the tradition of Sri Lankan Buddhists, the tooth is a symbol of power and faith to be immutable, yet remains a relic on the island. Nevertheless, the followers of Buddhism, there is no consensus about whether this condition is respected throughout the history or the tooth of Buddha still several times exported from Ceylon (according to different versions, in Burma or India).
Popularity: Annually in July and August in the temple of Dalada Maligawa is a special feast in honor of Buddha's tooth, which gathers thousands of participants.
The relics of the Buddha
After the death of Sakyamuni Buddha was buried in the Buddhist canon, his body wrapped in a shroud and 500 double burned. After the cremation of an enlightened and left only the bones of two layers of fabric - the uppermost and lowermost. As stated in Mahaparinibbane Sutta, the possession of the relics claimed by representatives of eight regions of India and eventually divided them among themselves, each of the parts formed the base of the stupa - a special building to house relics. In the future, according to legend, these stupas were opened by the Emperor Ashoka, who shared power in many parts (there's a version that at 84, 000). Buddha's relics are kept today in many countries, including Russia. In November 2011 the Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Russia gave them to the former president of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who in turn - in the central Buddhist temple of the republic, which became the only place in Europe where it is stored like a relic.
Popularity: The total number of relics of the Buddha is comparable to the worship of the total number of Buddhists in the world - about 500 million people.
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01.12.2011, 09:06
10 of the most revered religious relics in the world
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