On this day in 1981, the Council of Bishops of the Russian Church Abroad canonized the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia and the Royal Martyrs.
The first-ever icon of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia painted by Archimandrite Kiprian from Holy Trinity Monastery. The Great Duke Vladimir Kirilovich Romanov receives oil anointment at the matins of th…
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