12 August 2024

2024-08-12 The 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Tsesarevich Aleksei Nikolaevich

2024-08-12 The 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Tsesarevich Aleksei Nikolaevich

The Holy Royal Passion-Bearer Tsesarevich and Grand Duke Aleksei Nikolaevich (b. 30 July/12 August 1904; d. 4/17 July 1918) was the only son of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearer Emperor Nicholas II and the Holy Royal Passion-Bearer Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (née Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt).

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He was executed together with his entire family and faithful servants on orders from the Ural Regional Soviet in Ekaterinburg on the night of 16-17 July (3-4 July according to the Julian Calendar), 1918.

 

He was canonized a Holy New Martyr and Confessor of Russia by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad on 19 October/1 November 1981.

 

He was glorified as a Holy Royal Passion-Bearer by the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church on 7/20 August 2000.

 

Following a petition from the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a ruling on 18 September/1 October 2008 recognizing the Tsesarevich and his entire family as victims of political repression and formally rehabilitated him.

 

He is commemorated in the Holy Church on 4/17 July.

 

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Troparion to the Holy Royal Martyrs (Tone 7):

Angels of the Russian land, / and guides to its resurrection, / O Tsar Nicholas and Tsaritsa Alexandra, / who at the beginning of the apostasy from God, / ruled the Realm in piety; / O young Grand Duchesses, / who labored faithfully in acts of service and mercy; / O Tsarevich, the sufferer Aleksei; / O Royal passion-bearers, / like innocent lambs, / tortured and slaughtered by the godless destroyers of Rus, / but now having received the Eternal Kingdom, / pray to the Heavenly King of Kings / for the Kingdom ruled by your House, / that it may be enlightened by the faith of the Fathers / and again be reborn through repentance.

 

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Akathist to the Holy Royal Passion-Bearer Tsesarevich Aleksei (in Russian):

Акафист святому страстотерпцу царевичу Алексию - Молитвослов (azbyka.ru)

 

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Prayer to the Holy Royal Passion-Bearer Tsesarevich Aleksei (from the Akathist):

O Holy Martyr Tsarevich Aleksei, O love for the Lord and model for others, O model of angelic meekness, O bearer of the courage of the martyrs!

 

Standing before the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity, pray for us, we of little faith and weak-willed, that we be granted sincere love for the Lord and our neighbors, childlike meekness and deep compassion for those who suffer, and especially, courageous patience in the illnesses and sorrows sent to us by the Lord for our sins.

 

By thy prayers may we preserve our love for the Lord and for our Holy Mother Church, may we not fall away from our Holy Orthodox faith, may our souls not tremble in times of fierce temptations, persecutions and torments, may we not be afraid of Satan’s devilry, so that, having endured all trials, we may stand righteously before our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ, to Whom befits all glory, honor and worship together with His Eternal Father and the Most Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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