The police found the stolen icon XVI century

Metropolitan police managed to find the lost ancient icon. Holy image, the value of which is estimated at one million dollars, was stolen from Trinity Church in Kirov region.

The interior Ministry stated that this precedent was launched criminal proceedings. The icon itself XVI century "Holy face" was stolen a year ago in the Kirov region. Then the villains broke into the grid using hydraulic shears and crept through the window into the hall of Trinity Church in the village Istoben in Kirov
area. Unknown stole 8 icons, most of which had historical value. So gone "Vernicle", "accession to the Shrine of our lady", "John the Revelator", "Dmitry Metropolitan of Rostov", DataRowView the eighteenth century. The precedent theft was initiated criminal proceedings under the article "stealing things, representing the special value".

The Shrine of the XVI century "Vernicle" was found in the building of one of the previous restoration workshops of the capital. Its price is estimated at a million dollars, told RIA Novosti news MIA. Earlier Days.Ru wrote about that earlier in Kaluga unknown stole $ 10 thousand.

"The icon of the Nativity of the blessed virgin stolen from the Church of the Transfiguration of the Holy Pafnuteva Borovsky monastery in Kaluga. Its price is estimated at 10 thousand dollars", - informed the public relations division, Ministry of internal Affairs in the Kaluga region. Stealing icons suspected 2 Teens, facial composites which were prepared according to one of the parishioners.

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