Most of John’s relics were looted from Constantinople by crusaders in 1204 and taken to Rome, but some of his bones were returned to the Orthodox Church on 27 November 2004 by Pope John Paul II. Since 2004 the relics have been enshrined in the Church of St. George, Istanbul.
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This year marks a century since the relics of St. John the Russian were transported from Anatolia, Turkey, to the Greek island of Evia. Initially housed in the church of Saints Constantine and Helena, the relics now rest in a dedicated church built between 1930 and 1951.