| In 1915, Bishop Varnava sent a telegram to Tsar Nicholas II asking permission to glorify Metropolitan John, but the response was confusing. On 27 Aug 1914, Bishop Varnava led a prayer service at Metropolitan John’s tomb; the troparion to Saint John Chrysostom was sung, with the refrain, “Holy Father John, pray to God for us.” At the dismissal, the name of John of Tobolsk was mentioned, and this became a practice of Bishop Varnava in the following days. The incident was made known to the Holy Synod, and Bishop Varnava was summoned to Petrograd, where he was told that his conduct had been out of order, and was told also to remain in Petrograd. Bishop Varnava ignored this order, and returned to Tobolsk. Some of the members of the Holy Synod were outraged by the behavior of Bishop Varnava. However, Tsar Nicholas II sent Archbishop Tikhon (Bellavin, +1925, later Patriarch) to again inspect the remains of Metropolitan John, and look at the reports of his intercession. Upon a favorable report from Archbishop Tikhon, on 20 Jan 1916, Tsar Nicholas II informed the Holy Synod that it was his wish to glorify Metropolitan John of Tobolsk. The Holy Synod then ordered that the Glorification take place on 10 Jun 1916. On 10 Jun 1916, the Metropolitan John (Maximovich) of Tobolsk and Siberia was glorified as a Saint of the Holy Church in celebrations at the Tobolsk Sophia-Dormition Cathedral. The Glorification services were concelebrated by thirteen hierarchs, presided over by Saint Makary (Nevsky, 1835-1924), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna. Concelebrating with Metropolitan Makary were: Bishop Varnava (Nakropin, 1859-1924) of Tobolsk & Siberia; Archbishop Ioann (Smirnov, 1857-1918) of Irkutsk & Verkholensk; Bishop Anatoly (Kamensky, 1853-1925) of Tomsk & Altai; Bishop Evsevy (Grozdov, 1866-1930) of Pskov & Porkhov; Bishop Mefody (Gerasimov, 1856-1931) of Orenburg, later ROCOR’s Metropolitan of Harbin; Bishop Melety (Zaborovsky, 1869-1946) of Transbaikal, also later ROCOR’s Metropolitan of Harbin, succeeding Metropolitan Mefody; Bishop Nikon (Bessonov, 1868-1919) of Yenisei & Krasonyarsk; Bishop Seraphim (Alexandrov, 1867-1937, later Metropolitan of Kazan) of Chelyabinsk; Bishop Seraphim (Golubyatnikov, 1856-1921) of Ekaterinburg & Irbit; Bishop Sylvester (Olshevsky, 1860-1920; later Head of the Provisional Supreme Church Authority in Siberia) of Omsk & Pavlodar; Bishop Varsonofy (Vivelin, 1864-1934) of Kargopol; and Bishop Veniamin (Kazansky, 1873-1922) of Gdov, later Metropolitan of Petrograd and New Hieromartyr of Russia. |
| When Nicholas returned home to his family, they were placed under house arrest. Under Alexander Kerensky and the provisional government, the Royal family was treated with respect and enjoyed some privileges, such as church services in their private chapel. When Lenin and the Bolsheviks assumed control, the lot of the Royal family drastically changed. They were ultimately incarcerated in the governor’s house in Ekaterinburg. In the middle of the night of July 17 going into July 18, they were awakened from sleep. Under the pretense of being transferred again to another location, they were told to assemble in a room in the basement. Along with them were three devoted servants, their physician Dr. Botkin, as well as the family dog. Under orders from Lenin and the Supreme Soviet, an armed squad assembled in the room. The tsar was charged with treason, and the Royal family, their servants, physician, and even their dog were executed. Their bodies were conveyed to Ganina Yama (“Ganya’s Pit) near the village of Koptyaki, where they were dismembered and hastily buried in the Four Brothers mine. Today, their holy relics are enshrined in the Sts. Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. The place of their execution, the Ipatiev house, which was called by the Bolsheviks the “House of Special Purpose,” was later destroyed by the Communists in order to hide their crime, and because it had become a place of pilgrimage. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a magnificent cathedral called the Church on Blood was built on the site of execution. In 1981, the Royal Passion-bearers were glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, to be followed in 2000 by their glorification by the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. “ Although the Bolsheviks, hating both Orthodox monarchy and all things Christian, martyred this family and tried in every way to eradicate all traces of them from the earth, in the end it is the Bolshevik legacy that is being forgotten, while icons of Tsar Nicholas and his family can be found in every church in Russia.” 2 In the end, atheistic Communism has collapsed and Orthodox Christianity has triumphed. Holy Royal Passion-bearers of Russia pray unto God for us! Amen! |
| Yekaterinburg Marks 400 Years of Romanov Dynasty Russian Emperor Nicholas II with son Alexei and daughter Maria YEKATERINBURG, February 21 (RIA Novosti) – Celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the Romanov House began on Thursday in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, where the last Russian emperor and his family were executed in 1917, the press service of the local diocese said. The Romanovs rose to power when a national assembly elected 16-year-old Mikhail Romanov as Russian tsar in February 1613. His reign marked the end of the Time of Troubles in Russia. Celebrations in Yekaterinburg began with a divine liturgy and the opening of an outdoor exhibition dedicated to the Romanov dynasty. The exhibition is centered on the last Russian emperor Nicholas II and his family, who were executed by the Bolsheviks in the cellar of the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg on July 17, 1918. The Russian Orthodox Church canonized the family in 2000. Source: RIA Novosti Code for blog Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir. If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life " s purpose, family and society. Related articles Archpriest Igor FOMIN, Rector of the house church of St. Alexander Nevsky of the Moscow State… The remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra have been exhumed as part of… Sermon by Metropolitan Anastassy (Gribanovsky,+1965) on the day of the martyric death of Tsar. Also by this author Today " s Articles Most viewed articles Functionality is temporarily unavailable. Most popular authors Functionality is temporarily unavailable. © 2008-2024 Pravmir.com |
| His Most Pious Majesty The Royal couple settled into their life of responsibility and took the lead in setting an example of godliness and true pastoral care for their enormous flock. Nowhere was this more evident than in their love and carefor the Holy Orthodox Church. They gave much money and support to monasteriesand to the building of churches. The Tsar considered it his sacred duty to restore to Russia her ancient traditional culture, which had been abandoned by many of the “educated” classes in favour of modern, Western styles. He encouraged the building of churches in the ancient architectural styles, rather than in the styles favoured since the disastrous “reforms” of Tsar Peter I and Empress Catherine II. He commissioned the painting of large numbers of icons in the Byzantine and Old Russian styles, adorning many churches with them. In the words of Archpriest Michael Polsky, “In the person of the Emperor Nicholas II the believers had the best and most worthy representative of the Church, truly ‘The Most Pious’ as he was referred to in church services. He was a true patron of the Church, and a solicitor of all her blessings.” During the reign of Nicholas II, the Church reached her fullest development and power. The number of churches increased by more than 10,000. There were 57,000 churches by the end of the period. The number of monasteries increased by 250, bringing their total up to 1025. Ancient churches were renovated. The Emperor himself took part in the laying of the first cornerstones and the consecration of many churches. He visited churches and monasteries in all parts of the country, venerating their saints. The Emperor stressed the importance of educating the peasant children within the framework of church and parish and, as a result, the number of parish schools grew to 37,000. Christian literature flourished at this time. Excellent journals were published, such as Soul-Profiting Reading, Soul-Profiting Converser, The Wanderer, The Rudder, The Russian Monk, and the ever-popular The Russian Pilgrim. The Russian people were surrounded by spiritual nourishment as never before. |
| YEKATERINBURG, July 17./TASS/. Tens of thousands of pilgrims walked more than 20 kilometers in an overnight procession in the Urals to honor the memory of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family who were killed on July 17, 1918. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS The procession, which began at the Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg and ended at a monastery in the Sverdlovsk Region, was held as part of an international festival of the Orthodox culture “Tsar Days,” Bishop Yevgeny of the Yekaterinburg eparchy told reporters. Delegations from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, New Zealand and also Grand Duchess Olga Kulikovskaya-Romanova and MP of the lower house, the State Duma, and former prosecutor of Crimea Natalya Poklonskaya took part in the procession. “This is a duty and great honor for me to be here tonight. Each year the number of people (participants of the procession) grows by some tens of thousands. This is a river of people, this is love that cannot be portrayed by actors, and impossible to falsify…this is love that lives in the souls and hearts for our saint monarch, for our motherland,” Poklonskaya explained. Tsar Nicholas II , who abdicated his throne on March 2, 1917, together with his family were executed by a firing squad in the Ipatyev House’s basement in Yekaterinburg overnight from July 16 to July 17, 1918, following a resolution by the Urals Soviet of Workers’ and Peasants’ Deputies that was controlled by the Bolsheviks. The Russian Orthodox Church canonized Tsar Nicholas, Tsarina Alexandra, Crown Prince Alexis, and Princesses Olga, Tatyana, Maria, and Anastasia in 2000 as New Martyrs for Christ. Code for blog Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir. If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life " s purpose, family and society. Also by this author Today " s Articles Most viewed articles Functionality is temporarily unavailable. Most popular authors Functionality is temporarily unavailable. © 2008-2024 Pravmir.com |
| Bell music concert to be given in Kremlin on House of Romanov’s 400th anniversary Moscow, March 6, 2013 Bell-ringers of the Moscow Kremlin will give an unprecedented bell music concert on the day marking the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov. “After a solemn patriarchal service on March 6 the “Tsar Toll” will be rung to celebrate the end of “chaos” 400 years ago and the enthronement of the new governing dynasty,” Igor Konovalov, artistic director of bell music performances at the Moscow Kremlin and Christ the Savior Cathedral, told Interfax-Religion . The 1,200-pound bell, Reut, cast in 1622, will be the leader and it will be struck 400 times. “The Reut ringing was heard by all of the Romanov tsars, from Mikhail Fyodorovich to Nicholas II,” he said. The Reut is the main ringing monument of the Romanov family, Konovalov said. “It was cast on order from the young tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich and his father Patriarch Filaret, to mark success in overcoming the chaos. The bell was made by the legendary Russian caster Andrey Chokhov, who had also made bells and cannons for Ivan the Terrible, and tsars Fyodorov Ioanovich and Boris Godunov, and who immortalized the art of casting by making his Tsar Cannon. Bell Reut survived the 1812 Patriotic War when the belfry of the Assumption belfry was blown up. The bell fell for a second time during the coronation of Alexander II. Source: Interfax Religion Code for blog Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir. If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life " s purpose, family and society. Related articles Archpriest Igor FOMIN, Rector of the house church of St. Alexander Nevsky of the Moscow State… The remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra have been exhumed as part of… Sermon by Metropolitan Anastassy (Gribanovsky,+1965) on the day of the martyric death of Tsar. Also by this author Today " s Articles Most viewed articles Functionality is temporarily unavailable. Most popular authors Functionality is temporarily unavailable. © 2008-2024 Pravmir.com |
| About Pages Проекты «Правмира» Raising Orthodox Children to Orthodox Adulthood The Daily Website on How to be an Orthodox Christian Today Twitter Telegram Parler RSS Donate Navigation Cypriot Monastery Completes Video Tribute to Russian Royal Martyrs Source: Royal Russia Paul Gilbert 31 August 2018 The Monastery of St. John the Forerunner in Mesa Potamos, Cyprus has published a series of high-quality video interviews with top Romanov historians in honor of the 100th anniversary of the martyrdom of the last Royal Family of Russia. The tribute is entitled The Romanov Royal Martyrs: Centennial Tribute. The series consists of six episodes, which have been received very well, and which the monastery has now finished. The videos also include stunning unpublished Romanov colored pictures by acclaimed Russian colorist Olga Shirnina. The series is as follows: 1. Tsar-Martyr Nicholas Through His Last Diary, with Helen Azar An interview with Helen Azar about Tsar Nicholas’ II conduct during after his abdication, as seen in his last diary. 2. Tsarina Alexandra Through Her Letters, with Helen Azar An interview with Helen Azar about the real Tsarina Alexandra as she is seen through her diaries and letters. 3. The Imperial Children Through Their Writings, with Helen Azar An interview with Helen Azar about the personalities of all the Romanov children, according to their diaries’ entries and their letters. Helen also speaks about her involvement in the project “The Romanov Royal Martyrs: What Silence Could Not Conceal”. 4. Nicholas II: His Reign – His Faith – His Family, with Nicholas B.A. Nicholson An interview with Nick Nicholson. Nicholas speaks about Nicholas’ II reign, faith, and family. He also speaks about his involvement in the project “The Romanov Royal Martyrs”. 5. The Conspiracy Against Nicholas’ II, with Paul Gilbert An interview with Paul Gilbert. Paul speaks about the main plots which aimed to overthrow Nicholas II from his throne. He also refers to the myths regarding Nicholas’ II alleged weakness as a ruler. |
| Romanovs’ Fate Revealed Nicholas Romanov, the deposed czar of Russia, and his family were awakened in the middle of the night on July 16-17, 1918, and told to get dressed. They were being moved to a safe location, their Bolshevik captors said, away from the White army that was closing in on Yekaterinburg, in the southern Ural Mountains. The soldiers shepherded the family and four servants—a cook, valet, doctor and maid—into the basement of the house where they were being held. Nicholas carried his ailing son, Alexei, in his arms. Once all were assembled, a death sentence was read aloud, twice, and the eight executioners raised their guns. Precisely what happened next took Soviet and Russian investigators nearly a century to piece together. Now the results of those investigations, the last of which was closed last year, are the subject of an ambitious exhibition at the Russian State Archives in Moscow. “The Death of Tsar Nicholas II’s Family: A One-Hundred Year Investigation,” through July 29, aims to clear away seven decades of misinformation and silence under the Soviet regime. “The Soviet government hid all of this true story from the people for so long,” said Diana, a 22-year-old student, who said she was struck by the savagery of the execution, which ended in a bayonet charge. The truth presented here is an ugly one. “None of the Romanovs were saved on that terrible night, and all the remains of the family and those who were with them have now been accounted for,” said Sergei Mironenko, director of the Russian State Archives and co-organizer of the exhibition. There were, in other words, no romantic escapes, no jaunting through Europe, no hidden riches—not even for Anastasia, at 17 years old the youngest duchess, whose purported survival has inspired numerous films and theater productions. The executions closed the door on the 300-year-old Romanov dynasty and foreshadowed years of violence to come under Bolshevik rule. But silence from the Soviet government—a single line in Pravda, “Nicholas Romanov has been executed. His family has been evacuated to a safe location,” is all that the Soviet government had to say on the matter until 1991—led to rumors that the family had survived and gave rise to scores of imposters. “Not even Nicholas’s mother and sisters believed he was dead,” Mr. Mironenko said. |
| Lives and works of 20 th century ascetics. Calendar. p.41). 3. For example, this was the point of view of the Holy Synod’s Chief Prosecutor, prince N.D. Zhevakhov, who emigrated after the revolution. 4. The question of whether G. Rasputin exerted a positive impact on the Tsarevich Alexei during illness exacerbation cannot be completely resolved. Cases of pain relief after his prayers were testified by the emperor’s sister Olga Romanova, who had very little sympathy for Rasputin. The Grand Duchess was rather skeptical and sarcastically evaluated attempts to explain these occurrences as “random coincidence”. (See: Mother and Son. Empress Maria Fyodorovn and Tsar Nicholas II . U.V. Kudrina. Parish of the church-chapel in the name of the Kazanskaya (Peschanskaya) Mother of God in Izmailovo, Moscow. 2004. pgs.51- 52, p. 66). Olga also says: “… Nor my brother, nor Alix believed that this man had supernatural powers. They saw him as a peasant whose deep faith made him an instrument in God’s hands only to heal Alexei. Alix suffered terribly from neuralgia and sciatica, but I’ve never heard that this ‘Siberian’ helped her”. (quoted from: Mother and Son. Empress Maria Fyodorovna and Tsar Nicholas II . U.V. Kudrina. p. 67). 5. From the book of Hieromartyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Galich, Pastoral conversations with children ( quoted from Warriors of Christ. Lives and works of 20 th century ascetics. Calendar. p.41). 6. A period of “red terror” began in the country. This concept is discussed to this day. The “red terror” is understood not only to be mass repressions carried out by the Bolsheviks in Russia’s civil war (the “red terror” of the 1920’s and the “great terror” 30’s must be differentiated), but also government politics, i.e. political terror. The main feature of this terror is violence against the civilian population. 7. This number is brought forth by U.V. Kudrina and well-known historian of the Russian Civil War S.M. Melgunov (See: Mother and Son. Empress Maria Fyodorovna and Tsar Nicholas II . |
| That leader is Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II (1894–1917), a figure who in any strongman telling of Russian history could at best hope to play the role of antihero. A popular Putin T-shirt bears the caption, “The politest of people.” That’s ironic. By all accounts, however, Nicholas actually was. Brutally executed by a Bolshevik firing squad with his family and remaining servants in July 1918, Nicholas, his wife (Empress Alexandra), four daughters (Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia) and only son (Tsarevich Alexei) were named saints and “passion-bearers” by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000. Controversial fifteen years ago, this cult of Russia’s “Holy Imperial Martyrs” (as it’s officially known) is now well-established and increasingly visible to the observant visitor. A church dedicated to Nicholas is under construction in Moscow. Others are to be built around the country. Ekaterinburg in the Urals, the site of their execution, is now a major pilgrimage destination, attracting thousands of Russians every year. Devotional images—icons—of the family are prominently displayed in some of Russia’s most tourist-visited churches, including Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and St. Petersburg’s Kazan Cathedral. Every day in these and other churches across the former Soviet Union, soberly attired men and women cross themselves before these figures known the world over from hundreds of photographs, bow reverently and kiss the corner of their gold-leafed icons. (Needless to say, I have never seen anyone make any sort of obeisance before a picture of Putin—the thought itself is absurd.) Today’s iconographic convention usually presents the last Romanovs as unnaturally elongated figures with haloed faces and medieval robes. Ironically, this is the kind of garb which, apart from the coronation ceremony in 1896, the real-life Nicholas and Alexandra would only have worn to the “Old Moscow” fancy-dress balls popular early last century: an example is on display in the Kremlin. |
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