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Fifty Thousand Participate in Procession To Commemorate the Royal Martyrs

Ekaterinburg, June 19, 2010, Interfax

A cross procession from the site where the last Russian emperor's family was murdered to the place where their bodies were destroyed took place in the Sverdlovsk Region on the night of July 17.

Fifty thousand people participated in the procession, reports the press service of the Ekaterinburg Diocese.

The faithful walked twenty kilometers from the Church-on-the-Blood to the monastery [dedicated to the Royal Martyrs] in Ganina Yama.

The procession dedicated to the assassinated Royal Family marked the ninety-second year since their execution. Such processions have taken place regularly since 1992, when a cross was elevated in the Ganina Yama area.

The Church-on-the-Blood was built in 2003 at the site of the destroyed Ipatyev House, where Tsar Nicholas II and his family was murdered.

Interfax - Religion

Edited by Pravoslavie.ru

7/20/2010

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According to the event’s organizers, the procession of the cross was held with the blessing of Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin). A small portion of the Precious Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of Christ is embedded in a specially made cross, while portions of relics of several dozens of saints are inside a reliquary made in the form of an ancient cross.

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The tradition of commemorating the martyred Royal Family began long before their canonization as Royal Martyrs. In 1992, Archbishop Melchisedek (Lebedev) of Sverdlovsk and Kurgan first gave a blessing to celebrate a service here and hold a procession of the Cross to the site of the destruction of their holy relics at Ganina Yama (“Ganya’s Pit”).

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From that time on we often appealed to the holy Tsar Nicholas, and help came immediately under extraordinary circumstances. Since Tsar Nicholas Aleksandrovich was not only our Sovereign, but also head of a large family, we began to pray to him whenever we had family conflicts and disagreements. Peace was restored to our family very quickly. O holy Royal martyrs, pray to God for us!