The Orthodox teaching tells us that the person who lives in accordance with God's will, with the application of the commandments of the Gospel and the communion of the Holy Mysteries is sanctified in both, soul and body. The body participates in the divine gifts as his soul, becomes incorruptible and works miracles. Sometimes relics may also pour forth holy "myron". This happens because the Holy Spirit which had made abode in a man's body and soul does not desert him after his death. Therefore, when we pay our respects to the Holy Relics, in reality we venerate and worship not the dead bones, but the living God, the Holy Spirit. This is the reason we do not burn out dead, but we bury them.