Church on the Blood Consecrated

The Associated Press | Thursday, Jul. 17, 2003

[RussianConservative]

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[Aliska]

Thank you for the post. They endured to the end.

[RussianConservative]

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[Chancellor Palpatine]

A few years ago, a nice part of the Hermitage collection of the Tsar's treasures was touring four sites in the country. As luck would have it, Mobile was on the list, and the exhibit coincided with our vacation at Gulf Shores.

It was an incredibly moving experience, because in addition to things like the Faberge Coronation Coach egg, the coach itself, artwork and jewels, there were items like Nicholas' hair from when he was 3, love letters between him and Alexandra, art by the children along with schoolbooks, etc. I couldn't make it through many sections without crying, and didn't see many dry eyes in the place - it was a great experience for all of us, especially the kids.

These were nice people, slaughtered by animals.

[Aliska]

Do you remember when Nicholas was coronated (or maybe it was their wedding) they issued a "limited edition" of souvenir mugs? Anyway in the field several people were trampled to death trying to get to the mugs. Alexandra saw that as a bad omen.

They were such a lovely family and so devoted to one another, children included.

Thanks for sharing about the exhibit, especially the little personal mementos. The rest of it, jewels, all that, are nice, I suppose, but that's part of what led to the problem in the first place; i.e., so much for the few, so little for the many.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

They had a few of those mugs on display, along with the commemorative napkin that wrapped the treats inside. They were on the simple side, and the napkins were just linen with an imprint of the Tsar's face, along with a commemorative message I forget. Simple they may have been, but I can see how they would be greatly prized by the average peasant.

One light note - my middle daughter is named Alexandra, and if I remember right, she wasn't quite 6 at the time. She scooted loose from us in the middle of the exhibit, charging onto the next room. They had one of the throne chairs in there, and all the talk about "Tsarina Alexandra" in the recording over her headset was going to her head. I managed to snag her just as she was headed under the rope to sit on the throne.

[dighton]

... several people were trampled to death ...

It was considerably worse. In that stampede, the day after the coronation, "hundreds were dead and thousands wounded." (Massie, Nicholas and Alexandra).

[Chancellor Palpatine]

The curse of illiteracy and poverty when combined with greed can lead to some awful behavior.

[B-Chan]

Beautiful church.

May God bless the souls of the Family Romanov, murdered by atheist thugs. May Russia someday have her Czar again.

[Aliska]

she was headed under the rope to sit on the throne.

That's cute!

[Aliska]

Thanks for the correction; it's been awhile as with most everything else.

An eerie parallel was that in another book (can't remember which) I read that - here we go again - several? - people were trampled to death after Stalin's funeral.

[Aliska]

May Russia someday have her Czar again.

Would that necessarily be a good thing for Russia?

[aculeus]

If I recall correctly -- oh screw the modesty -- As I remember correctly one of the surviving killers-in-the- cellar was still attending Young Communist summer camps as late as the Gorbachev era regaling the youngsters with his role in killing "the monster" tsar and his family -- and his servants.

Also recalling correctly the princesses, having sewn the family jewels into their gowns, didn't die from the bullets. The Marxists ran out of ammo and stabbed the young girls to death.

[Aliska]

That is outrageous.

I saw a picture of a statue of that Yurovsky or whatever his name was in or near Ekaterinburg. I wonder if it is still there.

The details of the slaughter are so horrible.

Let us pray that they find and identify the other two bodies so they can all rest together.

[Aliska]

Another thread on this here

[TexConfederate1861]

May God Bless the Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia!

[royalcello]

B-Chan is absolutely right. Russia desperately needs to reconnect with her pre-Communist past and repudiate Marxism once and for all; restoring the monarchy would accomplish this firmly and decisively. (How can anyone still rejoice in the alleged "fall of Communism" when a KGB hack is currently leading the Russian government?) What Russia needs is a head of state not tainted by any connection to the Soviet Union; who better than HIH Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, 49, or her son HIH Grand Duke Georgiy, 22, who were born in exile?

That said, I'm not optimistic; we monarchists are still a small minority. But one can always hope. God Save the Tsar!

[royalcello]

Here are some good Orthodox links on the Romanovs.
(I'm not Orthodox, but I am a monarchist with a special affection for the Russian Imperial Family.)

http://www.fr-d-serfes.org/royal/index.htm
http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/nicholas_ii_e.htm
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/duchess.htm