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folklorica-3732	Weichert, Bettina	De-Toxing the Nation. Icon Worship - A Sobering Experience?	2021	10	.pdf	application/pdf	5662	272	62	Indeed, this mass appeal of miracles is not only rooted in Russia�s traditions but has been described to me as �Orthodox magic� (pravoslavnyi magizm), denoting the way in which contemporary Orthodoxy is approached and �consumed� by the majority of Russians today.(8) The church at the monastery, housing the image of the �Never-Draining Cup,� is busy all year round, especially on Sundays, and almost inaccessible thanks to the many hundreds, if not thousands, of pilgrims on 18th May, the icon�s feast-day. This also underlines the post-Soviet equation of �being Orthodox� with �being Russian,� in which drink is a historic feature of national character and reason for choosing Orthodoxy over Islam on the grounds of the latter�s prohibition against drinking: �liking a drink is part of being Russian, which in turn is part of being Orthodox.	cache/folklorica-3732.pdf	txt/folklorica-3732.txt