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Weeping Russian czar icon stirs controversy
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An icon of the czar has reportedly been oozing myrrh
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February 15, 1999
Web posted at: 3:50 p.m. EST (2050 GMT)
MOSCOW (CNN) -- Russian Czar Nicholas II, who was killed by
the Bolsheviks in 1918, is stirring up controversy in the Russian Orthodox Church. An icon of the czar has reportedly been oozing myrrh from its eyes in recent weeks and this reported miracle has increased calls for canonization of the czar.
So far, however, the church has resisted those calls, as CNN's Steve Harrigan reports.
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