[NRx]

[Kolokotronis]

Royalty and martyrdom were joined together, O blest ones, * in your death for righteousness and right belief, O wise Sovereigns, * Nicholas and Alexandra, * with your five children. *Hence, Christ our God hath deemed you worthy of thrones in Heaven; * and with twofold crowns of glory, * ye reign for ever, * adorned with grace divine.

Most noble and sublime was your life and death, O Sovereigns;* wise Nicholas and blest Alexandra, we praise you,* acclaiming your piety, meekness, faith, and humility,* whereby ye attained to crowns of glory in Christ our God,* with your five renowned and godly children of blest fame. * Martyrs decked in purple, intercede for us.

[GeronL]

That is not Christianity

by a long shot.

[Fiddlstix]

Bookmark

[don-o]

I wish you had posted this as a caucus.

[Aliska]

That's my favorite icon of the family. I wanted to purchase a copy of it but couldn't find one anywhere. Thank you for posting it.

Also appreciate your posting the article. I've tried to keep up with the events concerning the family for years and am grateful that the family are all together again and received a Christian burial at last.

[Campion]

The Tsar was particularly afraid of being taken to Ekaterinburg. "They hate me there," he said.

Amazing how things have changed.

[Terry L Smith]

If 60,000 made it into the march .... how many must there be that still hold to the pre-Marxist glory of Tsarist Russia?

The iconography is very beautiful, and done in the traditional manner. However, the choice of the Cyrillic script is that of Tsarist times, and even to me, is a little difficult to read.

[BeadCounter]

I have a book “ST. Innocent, Apostle to America”; I’ve never really gotten into reading it but I think he was an Orthodox Missionary from Russia in the Northwest USA, Alaska too.