100 thousand people left for the procession by the 100th anniversary of the shooting of the Nicholas II family in Yekaterinburg
Believers before the start of the procession. Photo: RIA Novosti
On the night of July 16 to 17 in Yekaterinburg, a royal procession was held, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the execution of Emperor Nicholas II and his family. More than 100 thousand people, led by Patriarch Kirill, passed from the temple-on-blood (erected on the site of the Ipatievsky house, in the basement of which they shot the Romanov family with a servant) to the monastery of the holy Royal Martyrs on Ganina Yama, where the remains were dropped.
Pilgrims in the tent camp near the temple-on-blood before the procession. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS Believers before the start of the procession at the walls of the Temple-Monitor on the Blood in the name of all the saints, in the land of the Russian shotting in Yekaterinburg. Photo: RIA Novosti Pilgrims at the temple-on-blood before the procession. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS Pilgrims at the temple-on-blood before the procession. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS Believers during the procession dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the murder of the royal family. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril during the procession. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS Believers during the procession in Yekaterinburg, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the death of the royal family. Photo: RIA Novosti The believer during the procession in Yekaterinburg, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the death of the royal family. Photo: RIA Novosti The procession, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the murder of the royal family in Yekaterinburg. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS Believers during the procession in Yekaterinburg. Photo: RIA Novosti The Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril after the procession in the monastery of the Holy Royal Martyrs on Ganina Yama. Photo: RIA Novosti