Prayer to the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers
Oh, holy seven, royal passion-bearers, Nicholas, Alexandro, Alexia, Maria, Olgo, Tatiano and Anastasia!
You, bound by the union of the love of Christ, have piously built your house, like a small church, and naturally adorned it with humility in the midst of earthly greatness. In the time of fratricidal warfare and persecution of the godless in our fatherland, placing all their trust in God, the image of patience and suffering of the entire Russian land showed to nature and, praying for the tormentors, slander, bonds and exile, mockery, ridicule and slander, murder and desecration of the body courageously endured naturally. For this reason, natural intercessors for us came from the earthly kingdom to the heavenly kingdom.
Oh, holy saints of God! Pray to God for us, that the Church may preserve our unanimity and strong faith, protect our country with peace and prosperity and deliver it from internecine warfare and division, make the powers that be wise, embellish the army with courage, save the people from ruin, strengthen Christian spouses in fidelity and love, children He will increase in piety and obedience, and all of us together with you will be worthy to sing the Most Honorable and Magnificent Name of the Life-Giving Trinity of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages.
Amen.
Another prayer to the passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas
Oh, holy passion-bearer to Tsar Nicholas the Martyr!
The Lord has chosen you as His anointed one, to be merciful and right to judge your people and to be the guardian of the Orthodox Church. For this reason, with the fear of God, you performed royal service and cared for souls. The Lord, testing you like Job the Long-Suffering, allows you reproach, bitter sorrow, betrayal, betrayal, alienation of your neighbors and abandonment of the earthly kingdom in mental anguish. All this for the good of Russia, as her faithful son, having endured, and as a true servant of Christ, receiving a martyr's death, you have reached the Heavenly Kingdom, where you enjoy the Highest glory at the Throne of all the Tsar, together with your holy wife Queen Alexandra and your royal children Alexy, Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Now, having great boldness in Christ the King, pray that the Lord will forgive the sin of the apostasy of our people and grant forgiveness of sins and instruct us in all virtues, so that we may acquire humility, meekness and love and be made worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom, where the new martyrs and all the saints are together. Russian confessors let us glorify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Amen.
Holy Royal Passion-Bearers: day of remembrance, service, akathist, temple
The greatness of the last Russian Emperor, who set the example of the Orthodoxy of the Sovereign for many centuries, does not consist in victorious battles, glorious exploits and a rich heritage.
It is embodied in serving Christ and Russia not only of that era and time, but to the state of the future century, for the sake of which he accepted a difficult death. Together with the Great Sovereign, the martyr's crown was shared by his relatives and like-minded people, his family - the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers.
Russian Tsars decoration
The last Russian emperor of the Romanov dynasty in history remained an example and example of Orthodoxy in power. With his pious life and service to the people, Emperor Nicholas II fully corresponds to the idea of a true believing Christian and an Orthodox person who professes faith in Christ not only in words, but also in deeds.
Moreover, faith in the Lord was not some kind of gesture of advertising policy and propaganda of the ruler, but a deep basis of the worldview of the great sovereign. Christian principles formed the basis of the policies of Emperor Nicholas II. Together with the tsar, Orthodox principles were fully shared by all members of his family.
In 2000, the royal family was canonized by the Orthodox Church as the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers.
People's veneration of the great martyrs
Since the violent death of members of the royal family, ordinary people in the Urals could not simply throw those killed into oblivion. In Yekaterinburg, people began to come to the place where the house stood, in the basement of which a murder was committed, they brought order to this territory and considered this place difficult and special.
A memorable date in the history of the veneration of martyrs was July 16, 1989. On this day, prayers were openly heard in memory of the Royal Passion-Bearers for the first time. Initially, at that time, the still atheistically minded authorities of the city of Yekaterinburg perceived this impromptu prayer service as a challenge to the authorities. Many prayer participants were arrested that day.
The next year, on this day, even more people gathered to pray for the Holy Martyrs. Soon, on the site of the destroyed house, a worship cross was erected, near which believers began to pray and read an akathist to the Royal Passion-Bearers.
A year later, a procession of the Cross was held to the royal place, a divine service was performed, and from that moment on, prayer requests from the Orthodox began to reach the places where the crowned martyrs suffered martyrdom.
Sign miracle to strengthen faith
The first evidence that the great sovereign and his family continue to condescend to sinners occurred during the installation of a worship cross at the site of the terrible execution of members of the crowned family in October 1990.
During its erection in rainy weather, the clouds suddenly parted and a bright light fell from the sky. The miraculous sign lasted about a quarter of an hour, then disappeared. At that moment, all those praying felt the presence of God.
The place where the Royal Passion-Bearers met their martyrdom was undoubtedly marked by a sign of holiness.
No less special are the places where the bodies of the dead were destroyed, and perhaps some of their particles remained. And there were quite a lot of signs and signs that these places were holy, as eyewitnesses say, evidence from heaven.
People saw a fiery cross and pillars of fire, some saw images of members of the royal family... And for many this became a turning point in their spiritual life. The Royal Passion-Bearers brought many Orthodox Christians to Christ.
After the destruction of the royal family, Orthodox Russia continued to have a father in Tsar Nicholas II.
Prayer books at the throne for the Russian land
With the revival of spirituality in society, people began to understand that the last Russian Tsar and members of his family became sincere petitioners in heaven for the well-being of the Russian land.
During the period of atheism and atheism, many negative myths formed around the royal family, but gradually society reconsidered its attitude towards the Romanov family.
With the revival of Orthodoxy, people were able to interpret many of the actions and principles of the Christian king from the point of view of a believer, whose true value is love and care for one’s neighbor, as well as humility and renunciation of one’s own interests for the sake of the well-being of one’s neighbor.
“Their eyes reflect the sky...”
Nun Nina (Krygina) testified that during her student years she treated the Royal dynasty in the same way as most of her contemporaries. One day, walking down the street, she noticed a group portrait of the Romanov family displayed in a window.
The amazed student suddenly realized that the eyes of these people reflected the sky. In reality, a person's eyes reflect what he is looking at, but people endowed with the ability to constantly turn their gaze to the sky are quite rare.
Perhaps that is why people began to make prayer requests to the patron saints more and more often, and not only on the day of remembrance of the Royal Passion-Bearers.
A true example of an Orthodox family
The royal martyrs forever remained in the memory of Christian descendants as an example of an Orthodox family, in which domostroy reigned, but at the same time all members were one.
The problem of the modern family is that parents constantly do not have enough time to fully communicate with their children, to spend time in each other’s company. The Romanov family set an example of the unity of everyone around common values.
About the Orthodox upbringing of children, Tsarina Alexandra said that parents themselves should be what they want their children to be. This should happen not in words, but in deeds, since people who are authoritative for children can instruct them with examples of their lives.
This axiom has been known to everyone for many centuries, but it is not enough just to know, you must be able to put this knowledge into the basis of a system of pedagogical influence on children. And the example of such a family, which the Royal Passion-Bearers left for their descendants, is very vivid.
Bearer of the ideals of Holy Rus'
Most representatives of the highest aristocracy of the early 20th century were called Christians only by name, not accepting Orthodoxy as the basis of their own worldview. Tsar Nicholas II saw his mission on earth completely differently.
The royal passion-bearers took the Orthodox faith seriously, and therefore in high society they were considered strangers and incomprehensible. Until their last hour, members of the crowned family continued to pray to the Lord and the Saints, thereby showing their jailers an example of humility and deep faith in the justice of God's will.
The hope in the protection of heavenly intercessors is also confirmed by the fact that during the service performed for the royal family three days before the execution, while singing the prayer “Rest with the saints...” all the Royal martyrs simultaneously knelt down.
Therefore, the murder of members of the Romanov family cannot be presented as political? this act is regarded as sacrilege. Until now, Russia bears the great sin of regicide.
“The king has forgiven us and in heaven asks that the Lord forgive...”
Today, the Great Martyrs are increasingly being addressed with prayer requests for the strengthening of the family, the health of the heirs, and the correct formation of their moral spirit in accordance with Christian ideals.
It is important for the spiritual and historical memory of Russia that many churches began to be dedicated to the Passion-Bearers. The Church of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers is also being built in Moscow itself. This church dates back to 2011? It was then that the decision was made to build it.
This is the first church in the throne room dedicated to the canonized Romanov family. The Orthodox have been talking for a long time about the need to have such a temple in Moscow, which is why the parishioners have a special reverence for this monastery.
The problems of modern Russia require special prayerful support and help in resolving them, so Orthodox Christians flocked to the Church of the Royal Passion-Bearers with prayers for the revival and prosperity of the Russian state.
"The light of Christ's faith..."
During the persecution of the imperial family, she showed the world an example of unity around the Lord and true faith. The temple that bears the name of the Holy Passion-Bearers has the same calling: to rally true believing Christians around Christ the Savior.
A special day for the parishioners of this temple is the Day of Remembrance of the Royal Passion-Bearers, which is traditionally celebrated by the church on July 17. Special services are held on this day in the Moscow church, which is based on a capsule with soil brought from the site of the tragic death of canonized members of the holy family.
Therefore, it is believed that the holy remains remain with people in this place during prayers and appeals to the Lord and the Holy Crowned Great Martyrs.
Miraculous icon with the face of the martyr king
In the late 90s of the 20th century, on the day of the Royal Passion-Bearers, one of his patients presented a Moscow doctor with an icon with the face of the canonized Tsar. The believing doctor constantly prayed to this image in all life situations, and after a while he noticed small blood-colored spots appearing on the icon.
The doctor took the icon to the church, where during the prayer service all those present suddenly felt a wonderful aroma emanating from the face of the Martyr Tsar. Over the next three weeks, the fragrance did not stop, especially spreading throughout the church at the moment when the akathist to the Royal Passion-Bearers was read.
The icon visited many churches and monasteries, but everywhere worshipers noted the unusual fragrance emanating from the image. The first healing from the icon, officially recorded, was healing from blindness in 1999. Since then, the miraculous image has visited many dioceses, and miracles of healing have been recorded in each.
The miraculous icon has since become a famous shrine, to which thousands of those suffering for healing flock every year. The Great Russian Sovereign, even after his martyrdom, continues to solve the problems of people who turned to him for help.
“According to your faith may it be unto you...”
Not only does the canonized Sovereign condescend to the Russian people with his miraculous help, but through the prayers of any Orthodox Christian, miracles of faith have been recorded. A resident of Denmark, who had suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction for more than 16 years, sincerely wanted to get rid of his vices. On the advice of Orthodox friends, he went on a trip to famous places in Russia, and visited Tsarskoe Selo.
At that moment, when the service of the Royal Passion-Bearers was going on in a small church, where members of the crowned family once prayed, the Dane mentally turned to the sovereign with a request for healing from a destructive passion. At that same moment, he suddenly felt that the habit had left him.
Four years after the miraculous healing, the Dane converted to Orthodoxy with the name Nicholas in honor of the last crowned Romanov.
