This incorruption is visible witness of the holiness of the saints, a visible sign of God's blessing residing in their very bodies. The incorruptibility of relics is beyond all doubt. Whom the Lord has vouchsafed to see the incorrupt relics of God's saints and to venerate them with faith, he will witness to their incorruptibility before the whole world. In Kiev, Novgorod, Moscow, Voronezh, and Zadonsk the incorrupt relics of saints were openly at rest and by their miracles witnessed to the power of God residing in them. The relics of Sts.
Many holy fathers write of the incorruption and miraculous powers of relics.
For the miracle-working blessing of the Holy Spirit is always inherent in holy relics. We revere not only the incorruptible bodies of saints, but also the instruments of the suffering and death of the martyrs, and the belongings which were used by the saints during their lives.