Holy Royal Passion Bearers; Saints Alexei and Maria pray for us!
Posted on 09/11/2015 9:14:12 PM PDT by marshmallow
Moscow, September 11, Interfax - The interdepartmental working group on the research and reburial of the remains of Tsarevich Alexey and Grand Duchess Maria Romanov, currently kept at the Russian State Archives, has offered the government to bury the remains in Catherine's aisle of the Peter and Paul Cathedral of St. Petersburg's Peter and Paul Fortress on October 18, the government press service has said.
It is planned to invite representatives of the Romanov family to the ceremony.
"The commission listened to reports of two expert groups on historical and scientific issues, formed to examine the remains of Tsarevich Alexey and Grand Duchess Maria Romanov within the framework of a criminal inquiry, and examined evidence of the remains' authenticity," it said.
At the request of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian Investigative Committee, the Forensic Medical Center of the Russian Health Ministry and the Vavilov Genetics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences have been instructed to propose additional research.
"The experts underscored that additional DNA tests of bone samples of Emperor Nicholas II and close family members, including those deceased, were possible if it was still necessary to resolve particular historical questions," it said.
A grave with nine bodies was found on Staraya Koptyakovskaya Road near Yekaterinburg in July 1991. The remains were identified as those of Emperor Nicholas II, his 46-year-old wife Alexandra Fyodorovna, their daughters Olga, 22, Tatyana, 21, and Anastasia, 17, and their servants Yevgeny Botkin, 53, Anna Demidova, 40, Aloizy Trupp, 62, and Ivan Kharitonov, 48.
The remains of two more people were discovered during archaeological excavation works 70 kilometers south of the first grave on July 26, 2007. The remains have still not been buried, but numerous expert analyses indicate that the remains were most likely those of Crown Prince Alexey and his sister Maria.
The Investigative Committee said in January 2011 that it had completed an investigation into the death of Nicholas II, his family members and entourage and closed the criminal case.
The Russian Orthodox Church has still not recognized the remains interred in Peter and Paul Cathedral as those of Nicholas II and his family members and entourage, claiming that it was not convinced by the proof of their authenticity that was presented.
Lord, have mercy.
Communists are evil
May they finally rest in peace.
Kick Lenin out and put some of them there.
What I do not get about this is why is the Russian Orthodox Church still refusing to recognize the remains as that of the Royal Family?
I am Orthodox and if you figure it out please drop me a line.
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