Prince Dmitry Romanov visits Imperial Cathedral in St Petersburg

11:56, 20 July 2009

ST.PETERSBURG. July 20. KAZINFORM The grand grandson of the Russian Emperor Nicolas I visited Fyodor's Imperial Cathedral (Fedorovsky Sobor) in St. Petersburg on Sunday. The 83-year prince arrived in Russia's northern capital to participate in events commemorating the 91st anniversary of the death of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family, Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

Prince Dmitry is a member of the board of trustees of Fyodor's Cathedral. The church was built in 1913 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov House. It was supposed to become a sacred storage for the holy relics of the reigning House and all Russian people.

Prince Dmitry Romanov donated a small 19th-century Icon of St. Mitrofan and Tikhon of Voronezh to the cathedral.

"Hieromonch Zasima - my spiritual councilor- blessed me with this holy icon in Rome in 1944," Prince Dmitry said.

He asked Alexander Sorokin, the cathedral's father superior, to bless him with the icon of St. Mitrofan and Tikhon of Voronezh under the vaults of Fyodor's Cathedral.

Fifteen years ago, Prince Dmitry Romanov got married in front of the Fyodor Icon of the Mother of God in the Ipatievsky Monastery in Kostroma, the cradle of the Romanov dynasty. His wife (christened as Feodora) and his 24-year-old nephew Rostislav visited Fyodor's Imperial Cathedral in St. Petersburg together with the Prince on Sunday.

Rostislav lives in Britain but has come to Russia to learn Russian, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.

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