On this day, 6 December (23 November by the Julian Calendar) 2022, the feast day of Grand Prince St. Alexander Nevsky, His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Georgievich—grandson of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, and son of H.I.H. The Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of Russia, and his spouse, Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria Romanovna—was baptized into the Holy Orthodox Church.

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With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the sacraments of Holy Baptism and Chrismation were performed in the lower Church of the Transfiguration in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, by the First Vicar of His Holiness, Metropolitan Dionysius.

Among those attending the services were his grandmother, the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia; his parents, H.I.H. The Grand Duke George of Russia and H.S.H. Princess Victoria Romanovna; his paternal grandfather, Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (in Orthodoxy, Mikhail Pavlovich) and his wife, Princess Nadia; his maternal grandfather and grandmother, His Excellency Ambassador Roberto Bettarina and his wife, Mrs. Carla Bettarini, and many guests.

After the conclusion of the services, the parents of the newly-baptized infant were presented a “measured icon” of Grand Prince St. Alexander Nevsky with a fragment of his holy relics, brought from St. Petersburg by Archpriest Alexander Tkachenko.

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His Serene Highness Prince Alexander Georgievich was born in Moscow on 21 October 2022. This happy occasion—the birth of a descendant of the Imperial Family—is the first to occur in Russia since the 1917 Revolution.