Russian warship sunken in Ukraine war may have been carrying a piece of the 'true cross,' a treasured Christian relic

yahoo ^ | 15 April 2022 | Mia Jankowicz

[DUMBGRUNT]

It's unclear whether the relic — a piece of the "true cross" — was on board when the Moskva sank.

The Russian Orthodox Church announced in February 2020 that the relic had been delivered to the then-commander of the Black Sea fleet, Vice Admiral Igor Osipov, and was at the fleet's headquarters in readiness for delivery to the ship "shortly," the state-run Tass news agency reported at the time.

The Moskva had a chapel on board for sailors to pray in, Sergiy Khalyuta, archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church's Sevastopol District, told Tass. He said the fragment was to be transferred at the request of its owner, an anonymous collector.

[George from New England]

The usa war ships have updated their chapels with lgbt flags.

[rbmillerjr]

Moscow....sunk.

Nothing can hide the humiliation of Putin.

[Seruzawa]

No problem. They can get new pieces of the True Cross on ebay.

[mass55th]

Maybe the long lost amber room was on board too.

[Seruzawa]

The crew should have spent less time praying and more time drilling damage control. Poor damage control was a big factor in WW2. The Japanese had terrible DC. US DC was excellent and saved many ships.

[ought-six]

There is enough board feet in relics of the one, true cross to build a couple hundred 8,000 square-foot frame houses.

[VTenigma]

It didn’t help.

[libertylover]

piece of the "true cross"

Oh, lordy, first it had nukes and now it has the "true cross". Gulp.

[Raebie]

Sounds straight out of Raiders of the Lost Arc.

[I-ambush]

And American warship chapels probably will have to include a Bathomet statue.

[throwthebumsout]

[Midwesterner53]

Not too smart to carry an artifact in a wartime environment.

[Az Joe]

Is that what CNN told you?

[fidelis]

There is enough board feet in relics of the one, true cross to build a couple hundred 8,000 square-foot frame houses.

That’s a common misunderstanding. This might apply to all of the alleged, undocumented pieces (like you can get on EBay), but if you just take all of the pieces in churches and other places that have been approved by the Church, it doesn’t even make up a single cross of the size it is supposed our Lord died upon.

[ought-six]

“...but if you just take all of the pieces in churches and other places that have been approved by the Church...”

I see a problem right there.

[Organic Panic]

How many pieces of “the true cross” are there?

[grey_whiskers]

Thank you.

[grey_whiskers]

That makes it sound like you prefer random Ebay postings to even an attempt at verification.

[fidelis]

Yup, sounds like a personal problem. Have a blessed Good Friday.

[Sawdring]

Where is a Byzantine emperor when you need one?