Sign of the Cross and Orthodox prayer.

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The Sign of the Cross and Orthodox prayer are capable of killing microbes and change the optical properties of water - a study.

[In this week as the Orthodox faithful celebrate the Third Sunday of Great Lent—The Elevation of the Cross, this article is most apropos. –U Samovara.]

Moscow, 17 March—Scientists have proved experimentally the miracle-working properties of the sign of the cross and prayer.

«We have ascertained that the old custom to make a sign of the cross over food and drink before a meal has a profound mystical meaning. Standing behind it is the practical use: the food is purified literally in an instant. This is a great miracle, which happens literally every day,» physicist Angelina Malakhovskaya said as cited by the Žizn newspaper on Friday.