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THIS IS KIND OF MIND BOGGLEING! WEIRDNETDAILY Museum removes 'killer' Christ icon Piece of art's 'energy field' allegedly causing death of staff Posted: September 4, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern � 2003 WorldNetDaily.com A museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, has removed an ancient icon depicting Jesus Christ from display because the piece of art's "energy field" reportedly has killed several staff members. A professor at the Hermitage Museum says he had complained about the effects of the icon for years, reported the London Telegraph. He claims it has led to the death of several supervisors in the facility. The 'killer' icon (Photo: London Telegraph). "It's an inexplicable phenomenon and it started long ago," Boris Sapunov told the paper. "Three or four people died of diseases, and the coincidence began to make me wonder. When the [supervisors'] seats were moved away, all the trouble stopped. It won't be exhibited any more. SEE THE ICON AND READ THE REST OF IT AT http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34413
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No, actually it's kind of ridiculous. And blasphemous.
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Well, if the Hermitage wants to get rid of the "killer" icon, I'll be happy to take it off their hands! 
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Originally posted by Fr. Thomas:
No, actually it's kind of ridiculous. And blasphemous.
Priest Thomas Soroka A slightly different story here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/09/04/wicon04.xml And I have to admit that it really made me splutter. Whatever next . Anhelyna
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The truth might be very far from the sensationalist headlines. Who knows?
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Ya know,
If folk venerate the icon and pray before it, it aligns their personal energy receptors to the vibrational pattern of those produced by the icon.
SHHHHHHH!!!!! Don't tell! It's a mystical trystical secret, known only to Christians!
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Originally posted by Chtec: Well, if the Hermitage wants to get rid of the "killer" icon, I'll be happy to take it off their hands! I know! By the picture, it looks like it was painted by St. Andrew Rublev, I think. Sounds like the museum curator had a few too many Stolis! FWIW, I viewed this icon at the Hermitage museum as well as the Rublev Trinity at the Tetryakov Gallery. I was with a group of priests and we sang the Pentecost tropar right in the middle of the museum! The Trinity icon is enormous. Priest Thomas
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Oh my - this gets more and more complicated . By following one of the links on the Telegraph site I came to http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/364/10818_icon.html And to my surprise/horror/total amazement found they had conducted 'experiments' using the Icon. Surely not what Icons are for ? [ yeah I know - they aren't - but please allow me my rhetorical question ]
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OCA Bishop Tikhon comments on an Orthodox discussion group -
Both this article on the Icon (by the way, the icon shown is not the icon
in the museum) and the article on the "marriage" of two men originated with
Komsomol'skaya Pravda, which is still being printed, although the Orthodox
have been forbidden to read this newspaper by the MP.
An expert told me this, by email:
>This is what is called in Russian "chernukha", i.e. a made up story, a
>gossip, a tasteless joke... This particular *sensation* is authored by
>Komsomolskaya pravda. Curiously, the most notorious Russian tabloids today
>are communist papers yesterday: Pravda, Moskovskii komsomolets
>(specifically forbidden by Moscow Patriarchate), Komsomolskaya pravda...
>National Enquirer is nothing in comparisons with these masters of the
>reddish-yellow (orange then?) journalism.
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>In the original text, they write about Spas Nerukotvornii, yet as an
>illustration they use Rublev's Spas of Mozhaisk, which is displayed in the
>State Tretiakov gallery in Moscow, by the way,not in SPb.
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>The whole thing is a bizarre erunda, nonsense. Too bad, British Telegraph
>picked-up the story. But then, it is just a step above a tabloid.
Love,
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Wow. I think Bob's post clarifies that a lot. Most westerners are not familiar with the distinctions among Russian papers.
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Oh thank you Bob for finding this information for us.
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Originally posted by Fr. Thomas: Originally posted by Chtec: [b] Well, if the Hermitage wants to get rid of the "killer" icon, I'll be happy to take it off their hands!
****good one...and you might be right
FWIW, I viewed this icon at the Hermitage museum as well as the Rublev Trinity at the Tetryakov Gallery. I was with a group of priests and we sang the Pentecost tropar right in the middle of the museum! The Trinity icon is enormous.
***I saw this too. It is amazing to be in front of a famous icon or painting one has seen for years in books...and it was the first time I saw a man praying fervently in a museum. Very touching, as at the time I was not familiar with Orthodoxy much. I was very impressed. -Jason
Priest Thomas [/b]
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Originally posted by OrthoMan:
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>The whole thing is a bizarre erunda, nonsense. Too bad, British Telegraph
>picked-up the story. But then, it is just a step above a tabloid.
Love,
+B.T. Well, yes, the "Torygraph" is just a step above a tabloid 
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