IX Elisabeth procession took place in the Moscow region
25 September 2020
The ninth religious procession took place with the blessing of Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsky and Kolomna along the route connecting the ancient villages of the imperial estate 'Ilyinskoye-Usovo' near Moscow with the crossing over the Moscow River. This year, the prayer procession was attended by over one and a half thousand believers from all over Russia. The procession is held in memory of the Great Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth (Romanova); at the same time, it is timed to some important event in the history of the Church. This year it is the twentieth anniversary of the glorification of the holy royal martyrs in the Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia and the tenth anniversary of the great consecration of the Church of the Savior Image Not Made by Hands in the village of Usovo. Переправа крестоходцев через Москву-реку The common prayer, with which the procession of the cross traditionally begins, this time took place not in the church, but in the fresh air. The solemn divine service on the square in front of the Church of the Savior in the village of Usovo was performed with the co-service of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop Leonid of Argentina and South America. At the end of the service, Vladyka addressed the faithful with an archpastoral word. “With the brightest feelings, we ... will make a religious procession in this memorable place associated with in the name of the Holy Monk Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, ”he recalled. In an interview given to journalists who arrived at the point from which the procession started, the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas of Mirlikisky in Novy Vagankovo, head of the Office for Work with Public Organizations of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media, Archpriest Dimitri Roshchin said: “The procession is extremely important because it revives in the memory of pilgrims the great Russian history, which is associated with the names of people not just a royal or princely family, but with the names of those representatives of the imperial house of the Romanovs who preserved their dignity and honor, achieved great holiness through love for Christ and their Fatherland. ' The procession of the cross, which followed with banners and spiritual chants glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Theotokos and God's saints, stretched for several kilometers. Next to the lay believers were nuns from the Novo-Tikhvinsky monastery in Yekaterinburg, sisters of mercy from the Kazan monastery in Kaluga, representatives of the courtyard of St. Mitrofan of Voronezh in Perm. Having crossed the river on rafts or crossing it on a pontoon bridge, the cross-walkers read the Akathist to the Monk Martyr Elizabeth, and then continued on their way to the building of the Empress Maria Alexandrovna's school, where a short prayer service was served. The procession has ended returning to the village of Usovo, where, after the thanksgiving prayer, a fraternal meal was held, accompanied by the music of a military brass band.
IX Elisabeth procession took place in the Moscow regionIX Elisabeth procession took place in the Moscow regionThe ninth religious procession took place with the blessing of Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsky and Kolomna along the route connecting the ancient villages of the imperial estate 'Ilyinskoye-Usovo' near Moscow with the crossing over the Moscow River. This year, the prayer procession was attended by over one and a half thousand believers from all over Russia. The procession is held in memory of the Great Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth (Romanova); at the same time, it is timed to some important event in the history of the Church. This year it is the twentieth anniversary of the glorification of the holy royal martyrs in the Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia and the tenth anniversary of the great consecration of the Church of the Savior Image Not Made by Hands in the village of Usovo. Переправа крестоходцев через Москву-реку The common prayer, with which the procession of the cross traditionally begins, this time took place not in the church, but in the fresh air. The solemn divine service on the square in front of the Church of the Savior in the village of Usovo was performed with the co-service of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop Leonid of Argentina and South America. At the end of the service, Vladyka addressed the faithful with an archpastoral word. “With the brightest feelings, we ... will make a religious procession in this memorable place associated with in the name of the Holy Monk Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, ”he recalled. In an interview given to journalists who arrived at the point from which the procession started, the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas of Mirlikisky in Novy Vagankovo, head of the Office for Work with Public Organizations of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media, Archpriest Dimitri Roshchin said: “The procession is extremely important because it revives in the memory of pilgrims the great Russian history, which is associated with the names of people not just a royal or princely family, but with the names of those representatives of the imperial house of the Romanovs who preserved their dignity and honor, achieved great holiness through love for Christ and their Fatherland. ' The procession of the cross, which followed with banners and spiritual chants glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Theotokos and God's saints, stretched for several kilometers. Next to the lay believers were nuns from the Novo-Tikhvinsky monastery in Yekaterinburg, sisters of mercy from the Kazan monastery in Kaluga, representatives of the courtyard of St. Mitrofan of Voronezh in Perm. Having crossed the river on rafts or crossing it on a pontoon bridge, the cross-walkers read the Akathist to the Monk Martyr Elizabeth, and then continued on their way to the building of the Empress Maria Alexandrovna's school, where a short prayer service was served. The procession has ended returning to the village of Usovo, where, after the thanksgiving prayer, a fraternal meal was held, accompanied by the music of a military brass band.Свеча Иерусалима -en
The ninth religious procession took place with the blessing of Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsky and Kolomna along the route connecting the ancient villages of the imperial estate 'Ilyinskoye-Usovo' near Moscow with the crossing over the Moscow River. This year, the prayer procession was attended by over one and a half thousand believers from all over Russia. The procession is held in memory of the Great Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth (Romanova); at the same time, it is timed to some important event in the history of the Church. This year it is the twentieth anniversary of the glorification of the holy royal martyrs in the Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia and the tenth anniversary of the great consecration of the Church of the Savior Image Not Made by Hands in the village of Usovo. Переправа крестоходцев через Москву-реку The common prayer, with which the procession of the cross traditionally begins, this time took place not in the church, but in the fresh air. The solemn divine service on the square in front of the Church of the Savior in the village of Usovo was performed with the co-service of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop Leonid of Argentina and South America. At the end of the service, Vladyka addressed the faithful with an archpastoral word. “With the brightest feelings, we ... will make a religious procession in this memorable place associated with in the name of the Holy Monk Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, ”he recalled. In an interview given to journalists who arrived at the point from which the procession started, the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas of Mirlikisky in Novy Vagankovo, head of the Office for Work with Public Organizations of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media, Archpriest Dimitri Roshchin said: “The procession is extremely important because it revives in the memory of pilgrims the great Russian history, which is associated with the names of people not just a royal or princely family, but with the names of those representatives of the imperial house of the Romanovs who preserved their dignity and honor, achieved great holiness through love for Christ and their Fatherland. ' The procession of the cross, which followed with banners and spiritual chants glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ, the Most Holy Theotokos and God's saints, stretched for several kilometers. Next to the lay believers were nuns from the Novo-Tikhvinsky monastery in Yekaterinburg, sisters of mercy from the Kazan monastery in Kaluga, representatives of the courtyard of St. Mitrofan of Voronezh in Perm. Having crossed the river on rafts or crossing it on a pontoon bridge, the cross-walkers read the Akathist to the Monk Martyr Elizabeth, and then continued on their way to the building of the Empress Maria Alexandrovna's school, where a short prayer service was served. The procession has ended returning to the village of Usovo, where, after the thanksgiving prayer, a fraternal meal was held, accompanied by the music of a military brass band.
