title: The phenomenon of veneration of St. Luke of Crimea in Greece
abstract: Despite historical, cultural, and religious storms and instabilities that intermittently cloud interstate relations, the shared Orthodox faith has consistently fostered the strengthening of ties between the Russian and Greek peoples. Within Orthodoxy, authorities for the Church are not only the texts of sacred books but also revered individuals—saints. The veneration of ascetics unites different nations in a single spiritual realm. Biographies of Russian saints garner significant interest among 
journal: Orthodoxia