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EARLY IN THE MORNING of July 17, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia led a 22-kilometer procession in honor of the Romanov royal family on the 100th anniversary of their murder. Law enforcement agencies reported that over 100,000 pilgrims participated. Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra…
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A PROCESSION FROM Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg in honor of the centenary of the martyrdom of Tsar Nicholas II and his family began on Saturday. The faithful will cover a distance of 435 miles in a month and a half, TASS reports. His Eminence Dimitry of Tobolsk and Tyumen offered some parting words, and then…
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Russian Orthodox Church official says he has no doubt the 1918 slaying of Nicholas II was a ‘ritual murder’ THE HEAD OF a Russian Orthodox Church panel looking into the 1918 killing of Russia’s last czar and his family said it is investigating whether it was a ritual murder — a statement…
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