Robert H. Greene is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Montana and is co-editor of Orthodox Russia.

"Readable and witty. Integrating western scholarship with a deep plumbing of archival material, Greene has deftly analyzed the myriad interactions among saints' bones, believers, religious leaders, Imperial officials, and Bolsheviks - from the most mundane level to Lenin himself." - Roy R. Robson, University of the Science in Philadelphia, author of Old Believers in Modern Russia and Solovki"

• Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. In the Eye of the Beholder: The Russian Orthodox Church and the Problem of Incorruptibility 2. Going to See the Saints: Miracles, Shrines, and Relics 3. Making Saints: Canonization and Community 4. The Revolution and the Saints 5. Toppling the Saints from Their Thrones: The Bolshevik Exhumation of Holy Relics 6. Relics in Red Russia: Orthodox Responses to the Exhumation Campaign Epilogue and Conclusion: The Passing of the Saints? Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Robert H. Greene is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Montana and is co-editor of Orthodox Russia.

"Readable and witty. Integrating western scholarship with a deep plumbing of archival material, Greene has deftly analyzed the myriad interactions among saints' bones, believers, religious leaders, Imperial officials, and Bolsheviks - from the most mundane level to Lenin himself." - Roy R. Robson, University of the Science in Philadelphia, author of Old Believers in Modern Russia and Solovki"

• Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. In the Eye of the Beholder: The Russian Orthodox Church and the Problem of Incorruptibility 2. Going to See the Saints: Miracles, Shrines, and Relics 3. Making Saints: Canonization and Community 4. The Revolution and the Saints 5. Toppling the Saints from Their Thrones: The Bolshevik Exhumation of Holy Relics 6. Relics in Red Russia: Orthodox Responses to the Exhumation Campaign Epilogue and Conclusion: The Passing of the Saints? Notes Selected Bibliography Index

Robert H. Greene is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Montana and is co-editor of Orthodox Russia.

"Readable and witty. Integrating western scholarship with a deep plumbing of archival material, Greene has deftly analyzed the myriad interactions among saints' bones, believers, religious leaders, Imperial officials, and Bolsheviks - from the most mundane level to Lenin himself." - Roy R. Robson, University of the Science in Philadelphia, author of Old Believers in Modern Russia and Solovki"

• Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. In the Eye of the Beholder: The Russian Orthodox Church and the Problem of Incorruptibility 2. Going to See the Saints: Miracles, Shrines, and Relics 3. Making Saints: Canonization and Community 4. The Revolution and the Saints 5. Toppling the Saints from Their Thrones: The Bolshevik Exhumation of Holy Relics 6. Relics in Red Russia: Orthodox Responses to the Exhumation Campaign Epilogue and Conclusion: The Passing of the Saints? Notes Selected Bibliography Index