Consecration of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ August 19, 1907
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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2014 · Travel & Events
Освящение собора Воскресения Христова Санкт-Петербург. 19 августа 1907 Consecration of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, St Petersburg. August 19, 1907 Here I present a series of original photographs taken of the Emperor Nicholas II , Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and members of the Imperial family and their attendants on the occasion of the consecration of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, on August 19, 1907. The Cathedral, more commonly known as the Church of The Saviour on Spilt Blood ( the expression on the blood indicates the blood of the emperor) was built on the very place where Tsar Alexander II, the grandfather of Emperor Nicholas II, was mortally wounded on March 13, 1881 and was dedicated in his memory. The Church was erected by decree of Emperor Alexander III in 1883 and the construction lasted 24 years…… Православное пение: Земле русская, стихиры русским святым, напев Киево-Печерской Лавры . Объединенный хор Свято-Троицкой Сергиевой Лавры и Московских Духовных Академии и Семинарии, Регент архимандрит Матфей. Music: Russian Chant - "The Land of Russia, Sticherons of the Russian Saints". Sung here by Joint Choir of the Trinity - St. Sergius Lavra and the Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary Directed by Archimandrite Matthew
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