MORE THAN 60,000 TAKE PART IN ROYAL PROCESSION IN HONOR OF ROMANOVS

Photo: ekaterinburg-eparhia.ru

In the night of July 16-17, on the anniversary of the killing of the holy Royal Martyrs, the penitential Royal Procession was held in Ekaterinburg from the place of their killing to the place where their remains were hidden, where today stands a monastery in honor of the holy Royal Martyrs, reports the site of the Ekaterinburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The cross procession began immediately after the Divine Liturgy which was celebrated by Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan, along with Metropolitans Vikenty of Tashkent and Uzbekistan and Kirill of Verkhoturye and Ekaterinburg, and Bishops Benjamin of Rybinsk and Danilov, Innokenty of Nizhny Tagil and Serov, Theodosius of Isilkul and Russko-Polyansky, Methodius of Kamensky and Alapaevsk, and Eugene of the Middle Urals.

Among the participants was State Duma Deputy Natalia Poklonskaya, who is quite vocal about her love and veneration of the Royal Martyrs, reports RIA-Novosti.

Source: orthochristian.com