Today, July 17, the Russian Orthodox Church and other Orthodox Churches commemorate the Royal Passionbearers Tsar Nicholas, Tsaritsa Alexandra, Tsarevich Aleksy, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia.
Although their remains have yet to be recognized by the Moscow Patriarchate, a few Orthodox communities have acquired first-class relics (bone fragments) of the passionbearers, placing them in icons for public veneration. These relics were acquired through connections with the laboratories that tested and identified the remains.
Eastern American Diocese (ROCOR) [
archive.eadiocese.org]
Saint Nicholas Cathedral (ROCOR), Stuggart, Germany [
rok-stuttgart.de]
Hermitage of the Holy Cross, Wayne, West Virginia (ROCOR) [
orthodoxartsjournal.org]
The Hermitage of the Holy Protection (ROCOR), Buena, New Jersey [
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Saint Nicholas Cathedral (OCA), Washington, D.C. [
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There relics were lent to Villanova University as part of an exhibition:
Link. [
exhibits.library.villanova.edu]
Video. [
youtube.com]
The International Crusade for Holy Relics, a Catholic apostolate promoting the veneration of relics, has relics of
Nicholas and Alexandra [
ichrusa.com] and first-class relics of most of the royal family at the
Regalis Lipsanotheca [
vaticannews.va] in the Castle of Ourém, near Fátima, Portugal. The relics are kept at one of its side chapels, behind
a panel with the image of Tsar Nicholas. [
facebook.com].
