412. Речь Благоверной Государыне Цесаревне, Великой Княгине Марии Александровне пред вступлением Ее Высочества с Великими Князьями Николаем и Александром Александровичами в Свято-Троицкую Сергиеву Лавру

(Said on September 2nd; published in the Moscow and Provincial Gazette, 1851) Your Imperial Highness is now visiting a monastery that is no longer unfamiliar to you. Therefore, we especially understand that it is not its domestic memorability that attracts your attention (however, it is worthy of attention), but mainly the spirit of grace that has settled here with the chosen ascetic of the faith attracts your heart. Heeding the word of Christ: “Leave the little children to come to Me” (Mark 10:14; Luke 18:16), and you hasten to bring your young Children closer to His Church and His Shrine. We believe that He blesses You and Them, through the intercession of His Saint, Who for five centuries has been effectively calling on the blessing of the Lord on the Sovereign Family in Russia and on Russia. You might be interested in: