RUSSIA - VELIOKORETSKAYA.
At the end of their 120 kms walk, pilgrims of St Nicolas and tourists alike, pass under the tree where the icon is supposed to have been found in the 16th century, a pagan ritual within an Orthodox pilgrimage.

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