After the execution of the Sacrament of Communion, at about 02:30,
the procession with 60,000 people to the monastery of the Royal
Passion-bearers began to the site of which the Royal remains were
destroyed in the Ganin Yam tract in 1918. Throughout its length, the
cross procession was accompanied by 15 mobile help groups of the
Orthodox Relief Service and volunteers of the Tsarist days, providing
all-round assistance to pilgrims.
Volunteers of the Nika charity foundation at several points along the routes handed out bottles of drinking water to all who were thirsty, and the sisters of charity provided the first aid to the crusaders. At about 6 o'clock in the morning the column of the procession led by the clergy reached the monastery in the name of the Holy Royal Martyrs on the Ganina Pit. Pilgrims and clergy fraternity of the monastery met with a bell ringing.
Volunteers of the Nika charity foundation at several points along the routes handed out bottles of drinking water to all who were thirsty, and the sisters of charity provided the first aid to the crusaders. At about 6 o'clock in the morning the column of the procession led by the clergy reached the monastery in the name of the Holy Royal Martyrs on the Ganina Pit. Pilgrims and clergy fraternity of the monastery met with a bell ringing.
