411. Речь Благочестивейшему Государю Императору Николаю Павловичу пред вступлением Его Величества в Успенский Собор

(Said on August 20th; printed in Moscow and Gubernsk Gazette, 1851). Most pious Sovereign! Meeting You flowing to the Shrine of this church, now especially, imbued with the thought that in Him You received the Royal Ancestor's crown and the sacred anointing, we can only reverence, and not explain the memories and feelings with which the hearts faithful to You are now inflamed. We believe that our weakness is filled by the mighty of God, the ancient sacred leaders of this church: Peter, Alexy, Jonah and Philip, and audibly to Your spirit they spiritually greet You with the word of grace: “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” (Ps. 118:26). You might be interested in: