28/9/20

1,500 people in a procession to honour the Russian Tsar Family

About one and a half thousand people from different regions of Russia took part in the Elizabethan procession of the cross, held on Sunday September 27th in the Moscow region, the press service of the organizers of the event, the Elisabeth-Sergius Educational Society (ESPO), told RIA Novosti. The procession dedicated to the Monk Martyr and Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fyodorovna, known for her wide-ranging charity work in Russia, has been held since 2011 on the Sunday closest to her name day. In 2020, the procession is timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the glorification of the royal family of the Romanovs in the Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia and the 10th anniversary of the great consecration of the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the village of Usovo. "This year, about one and a half thousand people took part in the procession, including guests from Alapaevsk, Yekaterinburg and Perm,"- said the press service of the ESPO.