(ESSAY) The priest showed Nutsa the coffin holding the body of a revered Orthodox saint named Father Gabriel, whose remains were continuously sent around to various churches to provide miraculous healings. Georgians reported being healed of diseases ranging from burns to birth defects to cerebral palsy to brain cancer upon touching it. The local priest told Nusta she would be healed if she kissed Father Gabriel’s coffin. Nothing came of the ritual. Nutsa became an atheist a year later.

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