Shockshots show the shrine of Alexander Nevsky on display at the Hermitage Museum in Russia's second largest city of Saint Petersburg. The sarcophagus, an important work of decorative art of the XVIII century, shelters the remains of Alexander Nevsky - considered a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church. The administration of the Hermitage Museum announced recently that it would transfer the shrine to the Russian Orthodox Church, given "the current geopolitical situation and the symbolic role of Saint Alexander Nevsky as the heavenly patron of the Russian army." Last month, President Vladimir Putin handed over Russia's most famous icon, the "Trinity", from the Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church, in the latest sign of the tightening alliance between the Kremlin and religious leaders. STOCKSHOTS