On October 15, Orthodox Christians remember the blessed princess Anna Kashinskaya, whose church veneration had to be restoredtranslated

The memory of the blessed Grand Duchess Anna Kashinskaya (+ 1368) is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on October 15. This saint is known in the history of Russian Orthodoxy in particular because she was essentially canonized twice.

Saint Anna Kashinskaya in the world was the wife of the blessed Prince Mikhail of Tver. Before accepting monasticism, she experienced the loss of almost all of her relatives: her husband, children - daughter Theodora, sons Dmitry and Alexander, grandson Fyodor.

Subsequently, the princess took monastic vows and became the abbess of the Tver women's monastery in the name of St. Athanasius, and subsequently accepted the schema.

In 1649, Anna Kashinskaya was canonized, but in 1677 the Small Church Council in Moscow decanized her. Princess Anna was not allowed to paint icons or serve prayer services.

In many ways, the abolition of veneration of the holy princess was provoked by politics. At that moment, the Old Believers pointed out that the literally just glorified saint had the fingers of her right hand folded in a two-fingered sign.

Appealing to this, the Old Believers tried to prove that the holy princess adhered to the old rituals, which means they cannot be changed. In turn, the Council, which deprived the church...