Борода св. Максимилиана Кольбе: монахи EWTN черпают вдохновение в необычной реликвии

[ad_1] St. Maximilian Kolbe. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons/public domain CNA Staff, Aug 14, 2024 / 16:06 pm (CNA). Aug. 14 is the feast day of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a saint best known for his heroic martyrdom at Auschwitz in 1941, when he volunteered to be executed in place of another prisoner. Like many Catholic saints, there exist today relics of Father Kolbe — pieces of a saint’s body (first-class) or objects they owned (second-class) that are honored by the Catholic faithful…