There are many expressions in the Russian language that indicate national traits, features of the culture of the people. One of these is the expression "Holy Russia", which has its own justification in the historical context of the development of Russia.
Scientists ethnologists have long come to the conclusion that every nation has not only its own national characteristics, but also self-consciousness. That is why expressions that can be called a kind of "visiting card" of the country are being fixed in many states. So, Italy is called sunny, France is beautiful, America is free, Britain is great. If we talk about the Russian people, then you can often hear the expression "Holy Russia". Scientists have concluded that this phrase is a reproduction on a linguistic basis of the self-consciousness of a Russian person.
The expression "Holy Russia" refers to the culture of Russia in its Christian context. This epithet does not reflect the fact that only holy Christian people lived in the country. It speaks of what was close to the heart of the Russian person.
Russia became the successor of Byzantium in the cultural heritage. With the advent of Christianity to Russia, the self-consciousness of people, the worldview of the masses, gradually took shape. It is no coincidence that Russia has become a stronghold of Orthodox culture since the fall of the Byzantine Empire. It is known that the concept of holiness is not alien to Orthodoxy. And this is exactly what the expression "Holy Russia" says.
In addition, there were a lot of Christian shrines in the Russian state. The pious Christian traditions and ethical standards themselves were revered by the Russian people. We can say that before the 1917 revolution, the Orthodox faith was the root of the people's life.
Thus, it turns out that the expression "Holy Russia" is an echo of the Russian national identity and means the great culture of the Russian state, inseparably associated with Christianity.
