HOLY ELIZABETH GRAND DUCHESS RELICS TO BE DELIVERED TO ARMENIA AS WELL

PanARMENIAN.Net - Not only the faithful of Russia, but also those of CIS countries will have the opportunity to bow to the relics of Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, Novosti Russian news agency reported. As President of the Russian National Glory Center Alexander Melnik told journalists in Moscow today, July 25 the relics of Duchess Elizabeth will be delivered to Russia from Jerusalem. Until February 25 the holy relics will be taken across Russian regions. Then the faithful of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, as well as those of the Baltic states will have the opportunity to bow to them. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna was the spouse of governor-general of Moscow, Grand Duke Sergey Aleksandrovich Romanov. After a terrorist killed her husband, she founded the Marfo-Mariinsky convent, which became famous in the world for its charity. After the revolution Elizabeth Fyodorovna refused to leave Russia. In April of 1918 she was taken to Alapayevsk, where she was martyred, being thrown into a pit alive.