Bishop Alexy celebrated the Liturgy on the day of remembrance of the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabethtranslated

On July 18, on the day of remembrance of the venerable martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth and nun Varvara (Yakovleva), the archpastors celebrated the Liturgy at the monastery in the name of the new martyrs and confessors of the Russian Church in the city of Alapaevsk. Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg and Verkhoturye Eugene, Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk and Miass Alexy, Bishop of Isilkul and Russko-Polyansky Theodosius, Bishop of Serov and Krasnoturinsky Feognost, Bishop of Kamensky and Kamyshlovsky Methodius, Bishop of Argentina and South America Leonid, Bishop of Nizhny Tagil and Nevyansk Meliton. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the participants of the service came in procession to the Nizhneselimsk mine. On the night of July 17-18, 1918, the founder of the Marfo-Mariinsky monastery, Grand Duchess Elisaveta Feodorovna, nun Varvara, princes of the imperial blood and other Alapaevsk martyrs died here. The surface of the shaft was decorated with white flowers. The archpastors performed a prayer service. The Cherubic Song was sung, as it was sung by the martyrs thrown into the mine. Throughout the day, hundreds of people walked along this groove with lit candles and prayer. Among them are members of the delegation of the Elisabeth-Sergius Foundation...