Krasnoyarsk, July 19, 2024.
On July 17, on the territory of the Cultural and Historical Center "Uspensky" at the Krasnoyarsk Dormition Monastery opened the exhibition "Service. Mercy. Love" dedicated to the reign of Emperor Nicholas II. Bishop Ignatius of Yenisei and Lesosibirsk took part in the event.
The exhibition was also visited by: Roman Barinov, Head of the Krasnoyarsk Krai Governor's Public Relations Department; Vera, Deputy of the Krasnoyarsk Krai Legislative Assembly, Chairman of the Committee on Education and Culture Oskina. Elena Beloshapkina, Director of the Yenisei Local History Museum named after A.I. Kytmanov, was present. Elena Beloshapkina, director of the A.I. Kytmanov Yenisei Local History Museum. Among the clergy, the opening was attended by Hieromonk Lazar (Gritskov), dean of the Assumption Monastery, reports site of Krasnoyarsk Eparchy.
The exhibit features photographs from historical archives and personal albums. The author of the collected collection of photos is Hieromonk Ignatius (Shestakov), a resident of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery. Since 2016, the photo exhibition has been exhibited in many cities of Russia, as well as abroad, and today for the first time organized in the city of Krasnoyarsk in the Cultural and Historical Center "Uspensky".
A separate section of the exhibition deals with the family of Nicholas II. Following the precept of his father Alexander III, Emperor Nicholas II managed to create a strong loving family with many children. Relations in it were based on boundless trust in each other and heartfelt friendship. The emotional dominant feature of the exhibition are photographs of the children of the imperial couple: Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and the universal favorite, Tsesarevich Alexei.
The icon "Holy Royal Passion-Bearers", painted with the blessing of Bishop Ignatius of Yenisei and Lesosibirsk by iconographer Roman Ilyinykh in 2024 and exhibited for the first time, is the centerpiece of the exposition.
The organizer of the exhibition is the Krasnoyarsk Krai State Autonomous Cultural Institution "State Center of Folk Art of Krasnoyarsk Krai" in partnership with the Krasnoyarsk Krai State Cultural Institution Yenisei Museum of Local Lore named after A. I. Kytmanov.
At the opening, Bishop Ignatiy of Yenisei and Lesosibirsk addressed those present:
Dear brothers and sisters!
The uniqueness of this exhibition is that in these photographs we can find the meanings that all people are looking for, meanings that we must pass on to the next generations. With the assassination of the royal family, the Russian Empire ceases to exist, for the Church comes a period of brutal persecution. But the most important thing that was killed along with the royal family was the traditional large family... With this exhibition we want to convey that if the head of state is elected, it means that the person is in service in the most sacred meaning of the word, he must love the people he serves. The head of state must have his home church... Also an important theme of the exhibition is the revelation that the meaning of life today is 100% in the family.
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