2015-02-24
The Tsesarevich and Grand Duke George of Russia visits Moscow and the Kaluga Region
On February 16-22, 2015, H.I.H. The Heir, Tsesarevich, and Grand Duke George of Russia visited Moscow and the Kaluga Region.
On February 16, His Imperial Highness arrived in Moscow.
On February 4/17, on the 110th anniversary of martyrdom of H.I.H. Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, who was assassinated by terrorists on February 4, 1905 in the Moscow Kremlin, Tsesarevich George of Russia attended the Divine Liturgy at the tomb of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in the Cathedral of St. Roman the Melodious in the Novospasskii Monastery in Moscow (where the ancestors of the House of Romanoff are buried).
The service was officiated by the abbot of the monastery, His Grace Bishop Savva of Voskresensk, and by His Grace Bishop Fotii of Iurgorsk and Niagan, along with other clergy from the city of Moscow...