Relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov, famous Russian saint known for saying “Attain inner peace and thousands around you will be saved. ” will soon be in space, “processing” around the globe!

An article titled Relics of Russian Orthodox Saint Set To Spend Six Months In Space, written by Robert Coalson, was recently posted in Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. It states that “some relics of Russian Orthodox St. Serafim of Sarov should soon be circling the globe aboard the International Space Station (ISS).”

Cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov will carry the relic around his neck.

“Many cosmonauts are believers,” Father Aleksy Pestretsov, a spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church’s

metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod, told military channel Zvezda TV on September 16. “And when a believer sets out on a long journey — and space is definitely a long, very difficult, and serious journey — such a person wants somehow to brace himself physically and also spiritually.”

“The saint’s remains were transferred to the Zvyozdny Gorodok (Star City) cosmonaut training center outside Moscow on September 18. Liftoff from the Russian-rented Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan was initially scheduled for September 23, but the launch has been postponed at least until mid-October following a short circuit on the spacecraft.”

As it orbits Earth for 155 days, we can look to heaven and ask the saint for his prayers.

“For us cosmonauts, this is a holy event that will strengthen our spirit,” veteran cosmonaut Sergei Zalyotin told journalists during the September 16 handover ceremony. “To some extent, it will help Russians get over the period of militant atheism and return us to the true faith.”

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