home floors

In the villages near Moscow, Ilinskoye and Usovo, an Elizabethan religious procession took place. VI Elizabethan procession Save from destruction

Details 29.08.2017

Press release 17.09.2016

On September 17, 2017, with the blessing of Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the tragic events in Russia (1917-2017), the VI Elisabeth Cross Procession will be held, dedicated to the memory of the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna. The initiator of the procession was the Odintsovo Deanery and the Elisabeth-Sergius Educational Society Foundation with the participation of the parish of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the village. Usovo.

The VI Elisabeth Cross Procession will be timed to coincide with the name day of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, which was once celebrated by the Grand Ducal couple at the Ilyinskoye-Usovo estate.

On September 18, the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates St. rights. Elizabeth - heavenly patroness Grand Duchess. Also, this year, on September 17, the 20th anniversary of the transfer of the remains of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich to the tomb of the Romanov boyars in the Novospassky Monastery will be celebrated.

The Elisabeth Procession can be safely called historical. It follows a beautiful route through the territory of the Grand Duke's Ilyinskoye-Usovo estate and unites the historical objects of the estate, gathers a large number of pilgrims in common prayer, saving and protecting the places of memory of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna. In Ilyinsky, the estate of the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (Governor-General of Moscow in 1891-1905), which he inherited from the mother of Empress Maria Alexandrovna, the couple spent the summer, and in September the whole house, on rafts, crossed the Moscow River to Usovo, where the winter house was built. The Ilyinskoye-Usovo estate is still divided by the Moskva River, which, traditionally, in one of the most picturesque places, participants in the procession cross on rafts.

The natural landscape and many historical buildings of the estate associated with the charitable activities of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich have survived to this day: Infirmary for the soldiers of the Russo-Japanese War (1905), Maternity hospital (1892), School (1893), People's College Empress Maria Alexandrovna (1874) and many others.

For several years, the Elisabeth-Sergius Educational Society Foundation (ESPO Foundation) has been conducting scientific and social work to identify and preserve the historical objects of the estate. Behind last years many objects were saved from destruction. At present time runs a lot of work to unite the monuments of the estate into a single historical and cultural ensemble, which will be available to guests and pilgrims.

We invite everyone to join the Elisabeth Cross Procession and go to the places of memory of the PMC. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna!

Press accreditation:

79250012960 - Ludmila Shumskaya

This email address is being protected from spambots. You must have JavaScript enabled to view.

Program of the VI Elisabeth Procession

9:30 - The 6th Elisabeth Cross Procession will begin with the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Savior with. Usovo. (From the village of Usovo, the pilgrims will be transported by bus to the village of Ilyinskoye).

12:00 - The procession begins its movement from the church of Elijah the Prophet in Ilyinsky.

13:00 - Crossing the Moscow River from Ilyinsky to Usovo.

The procession will end with a common prayer to the Martyr Grand Duchess Elisaveta Feodorovna at the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the village. Usovo. After the prayer service, a field kitchen will be open for guests.

In the Orthodox educational center "Usovo-Spasskoye" guests and pilgrims will be able to visit the exhibition "Ilyinskoye-Usovo Imperial Estate", prepared by the Elisabeth-Sergius Educational Society Foundation with the participation of Russian Academy of Arts, the State Historical Museum, the Zvenigorod Historical and Architectural Museum, the Russian State Library, the State Public Historical Library, the State Museum-Estate "Arkhangelskoye", the Church and Archaeological Office of the Moscow Theological Academy, the State Museum of L.N. Tolstoy, the Museum-Reserve "Estate" Muranovo "named after. F.I. Tyutchev", Savvino-Storozhevsky stauropegial monastery. The exhibition also features unique photographs, documents and items from the collection of collectors D.K. Matlina, A.B. Savinova, N.G. Kalinina, dedicated to the history of the Ilyinskoye-Usovo estate, and its owners, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna.

The VI Elisabeth Cross Procession is an integral part of the program developed with the blessing of Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, Chairman of the Church and Public Council under the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to perpetuate the memory of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, and dedicated to the preparation of the 100th anniversary of their memory.

How to get there:

organized departure from Moscow from the station. metro "Tushinskaya" by bus. Departure at 8-00, exit from the 1st car from the center, at the metro exit, see the organizers with signs of the procession
by train from Belorussky railway station to Usovo station (temple next to the station)
by buses No. 121 and No. 150 from the station. metro station "Molodyozhnaya" to the stop "Usovo" and from the station. M. Tushinskaya to the Ilyinsky temple in the village. Ilyinskoye by fixed-route taxi No. 549
by car - Moscow region, Odintsovsky district, Rublevo-Uspenskoe highway, 101

On September 17, 2017, with the blessing of Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna,VI The Elizabethan Cross Procession, dedicated to the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and timed to coincide with the day of memory of her heavenly patroness, Righteous Elizabeth of Palestine, mother of St. John the Baptist (September 18). In 1884, on the Sunday before the namesake day, the Grand Duchess was present for the first time at a divine service in the church of Elijah the Prophet in the village of Ilyinskoye.

The initiators and organizers of the procession were the Odintsovo deanery, the parish of the Spassky Church with. Usovo and the Foundation for the Revival of the Traditions of Mercy and Charity "Elisaveta-Sergius Educational Society" (ESPO) with the support of the administration of the Odintsovo district.

The Elizabethan procession traditionally passed from the church of Elijah the Prophet with. Ilinskoye to the Spassky Church with. Usovo and connected memorable places associated with the life and work of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna - the grand ducal estates of Ilyinskoye and Usovo.

At the end of the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands, the participants of the procession moved to Ilinskoye, from where they began their procession from the Church of the Prophet Elijah. Ahead, announcing the surroundings with a festive chime, they carried a portable belfry. In the center of the procession is an icon of St. prmts. Grand Duchess Elizabeth, behind her is the Icon Not Made by Hands of the Savior, the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia. The united choir of the Grebnevsky and Spassky churches cheers up the human river with festive chants, children - banner-bearers, dressed in golden surplices, give the procession a festive mood. So, with chants, prayers and under bell ringing, the crusaders reached the banks of the Moscow River near the village of Aleksandrovka.

The participants of the procession crossed the Moscow River on rafts, just as the Grand Duke and Princess Sergius Alexandrovich and Elizaveta Feodorovna did more than a century ago.

During the crossing, the solemn singing of the akathist to St. Reverend Martyr Elizabeth. When part of the clergy and the crusaders crossed to the other side, the singing of akathists continued on both sides of the Moskva River until the last participants in the procession, the priests and the festive choir of the Spassky Church crossed to the other side of the Moskva River.

The procession made a stop at the school in the village of Ogaryovo. Its founder was the mother of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, Empress Maria Alexandrovna. Until recently, this school functioned as an elementary general education rural school in the Odintsovo district. Now it is planned to create a local history museum with a permanent exhibition dedicated to the Imperial and Grand Duke's estate of Ilyinskoye-Usovo. Here the Gospel of Matthew was read, telling that every believer needs to carry the word of God to people, after which the crosswalkers arrived at the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the village. Usovo, where a prayer service was held on the square in front of the church to the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna. This year, more than a thousand people took part in the procession: parishioners of churches and students of Sunday schools in the Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk deaneries, "Elisabethites" - members of numerous Elisabeth communities in Russia and abroad. From the Holy Land to participate in the procession, the abbess of the monastery of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem, Abbess Elisabeth, arrived with the nun Magdalene. And next to them, as always, is a society of faithful "Friends of Gethsemane". From Ekaterinburg, especially on this one day of the year, representatives of the parish of St. Sergius and Elisabeth Church on Uralmash flew in. From Kaluga, with a large icon of the PMC. Members of the Kaluga branch of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society arrived to Grand Duchess Elizabeth, who was consecrated on the relics of the saint in Jerusalem. Among the participants in the procession are prominent historians, public figures, city defenders, writers, cultural figures, philanthropists, many of them are members of the Moscow regional branch of the Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments (VOOPIiK). Assistance in accompanying the procession was provided by employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the traffic police, the Odintsovo Cossack squad.

A brass band played on the territory of the Usovo-Spasskoye temple complex, all guests were invited to a festive meal, where they refreshed themselves with hot porridge from the field kitchen, pies and strong tea. In the Educational Center and the House of the clergy, excursions were organized for everyone to visit the exhibitions: “The Imperial Estate of Ilyinskoye-Usovo” and “The Family of Emperor Nicholas II. Service to Russia. History in postcards. In the theater of the Enlightenment Center there was a continuous display of author's documentaries and chronicles:

"Mercy in War", about the charitable activities of the imperial family in the Great War, author L. S. Akelina.

“The Russia We Have Saved”, film studio “Fatherland”, about the events of the beginning of the 20th century (1910-1913), preceding the February Revolution of 1917, author B.G. Krinitsyn.

"Holy Tsar in Livadia 1902-1914" archival-documentary film about the stay royal family in favorite places of Crimea, author Kapkov K.G.

The Elisabeth Cross Procession attracts more and more participants every year. And at the same time, despite the fact that there are already more than a thousand of them, it is striking that the composure with which people prayerfully walk along this road, continuing the traditions laid down by the Grand Duke and Princess for the Glory of God and the Russian State.

On September 17, 2017, with the blessing of Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the tragic events in Russia (1917-2017), the VI Elisabeth Cross Procession was held in the Moscow region, dedicated to the memory of the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna. It was initiated by the Odintsovo Deanery and the Elisabeth-Sergius Educational Society Foundation with the participation of the parish of the Savior of the Holy Image in the village of Usovo, the OVCO website reports.

As you know, today, September 18, the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates the holy righteous Elizabeth - the heavenly patroness of the Grand Duchess. And on September 17, the 20th anniversary of the transfer of the remains of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich to the tomb of the Romanov boyars in the Novospassky Monastery was celebrated. It was on September 18, 1884, that Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna Romanova first attended a liturgy in the church of Elijah the Prophet in Ilyinsky, the estate near Moscow of her husband, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (Governor-General of Moscow in 1891-1905). In Ilyinsky, the couple spent the summer, and by autumn, solemnly, swimming across the Moscow River on rafts, they moved to Usovo, where there was a solid winter home. Thus, the place and time of this prayer procession were not chosen by chance.

It was along this historical route, from Ilyinsky to Usov, that the Elisabeth Cross Procession took place. The natural landscape and many historical buildings of the estate associated with the charitable activities of the Grand Duchess have survived to this day.

Crusaders, and there were a record number of them - about a thousand people, after the Liturgy, to the sound of a bell, they went past the building of the Maternity Hospital, built in 1892 by Grand Duke Sergiy Alexandrovich, the infirmary, opened by the Grand Duchess in 1905 for the wounded soldiers of the Russian-Japanese and World War I . Then they went down to the Moscow River and crossed on five rafts to the other side.

When we got to the other side, we went to Usovo, past the school building, built in 1873 by the mother of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, Empress Maria Alexandrovna. Ilyinskoye and Usovo were bought by Alexander II for Maria Alexandrovna, and then inherited by Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. After his marriage to Princess Elizabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt and his appointment as Governor-General of Moscow, the estate was the country residence of the grand ducal couple for two decades. An atmosphere of unclouded happiness reigned here until the death of Grand Duke Sergius Alexandrovich from the bomb of Kalyaev and the decision of Elizaveta Feodorovna to abandon the outside world and devote herself to the cause of mercy. She carried this ministry through her whole life, all the way to Alapaevsk, where in 1918 she was tortured and thrown into a mine by the Chekists.

The procession ended with a prayer service in the new white-stone Church of the Savior. This temple stands on the ancient road from Zvenigorod to Moscow, it was along this road that the father of Mikhail Romanov, His Grace Philaret, Metropolitan of Rostov and Yaroslavl, returned from Polish captivity. The temple has a chapel in the name of the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and in the name of the clergyman Sergei Makhaev, who was repressed and shot at the Butovo training ground in 1937.

On September 17, 2017, with the blessing of Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the tragic events in Russia (1917-2017), the VI Elisabeth Cross Procession was held in the Moscow region, dedicated to the memory of the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna. It was initiated by the Odintsovo deanery and the Elisabeth-Sergius Educational Society Foundation with the participation of the parish of the Savior of the Holy Image in the village of Usovo.

As you know, on September 18, the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates the holy righteous Elizabeth, the heavenly patroness of the Grand Duchess. And on September 17, the 20th anniversary of the transfer of the remains of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich to the tomb of the Romanov boyars in the Novospassky Monastery was celebrated. It was on September 18, 1884, that Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna Romanova first attended a liturgy in the church of Elijah the Prophet in Ilyinsky, the estate near Moscow of her husband, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (Governor-General of Moscow in 1891-1905). In Ilyinsky, the couple spent the summer, and by autumn, solemnly, swimming across the Moscow River on rafts, they moved to Usovo, where there was a solid winter home. Thus, the place and time of this prayer procession were not chosen by chance.

MOSCOW, September 15 - RIA Novosti. The sixth Elizabethan procession, dedicated to the memory of the Holy Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, will be held on September 17 in the Moscow region and will be timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the tragic events in Russia and the Grand Duchess's name day, organizers told RIA Novosti on Friday.

It is specified that the procession will be held with the blessing of Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, it was initiated by the Odintsovo deanery and the Elisabeth-Sergius Educational Society (ESPO) foundation, with the participation of the parish of the Savior of the Holy Image in the village of Usovo. It was in the estate of Ilyinskoye-Usovo that the grand ducal couple in the past celebrated the name day of Elizabeth Feodorovna.

Also on September 18, the Russian Orthodox Church commemorates the holy righteous Elizabeth, the heavenly patroness of the Grand Duchess, and on September 17, the 20th anniversary of the transfer of the remains of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the wife of Elizabeth Feodorovna, to the tomb of the Romanov boyars in the Novospassky Monastery will be celebrated.

A beautiful route through the places of memory

The organizers call the Elizabethan procession "historic".

"It follows a beautiful route through the territory of the Grand Duke's estate Ilyinskoye-Usovo and unites historical sites, estates, gathers a large number of pilgrims in common prayer, saving and protecting the places of memory of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna," the agency's interlocutor said.

In Ilyinsky, the estate of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, who was the governor-general of Moscow in 1891-1905, the couple spent the summer, and in September the whole house, on rafts, crossed the Moscow River to Usovo, where a winter house was built. The participants of the procession, according to the established tradition, also cross the Moskva River in one of the most picturesque places.

Many historical buildings of the estate associated with the charitable activities of the grand ducal couple have survived to this day: the buildings of the infirmary for the military Russo-Japanese War, a maternity hospital, a school, a public school of Empress Maria Alexandrovna and others.

Save from destruction

For the past few years, the ESPO Foundation has been conducting scientific and social work to identify and preserve the historical objects of the estate. As RIA Novosti was told in the ESPO, in recent years many objects have been saved from destruction, and now "a lot of work is underway to combine the monuments of the estate (15 objects) into a single historical and cultural ensemble that will be available to guests and pilgrims."

As the organizers of the procession specified, commemorative events will begin at 9.30 with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the Spassky Church in the village of Usovo. At 12.00 the procession will begin its movement from the Church of Elijah the Prophet in Ilyinsky, at 13.00 there will be a crossing across the Moscow River from Ilyinsky to Usovo. The procession will end with a common prayer to the Martyr Elizabeth Feodorovna at the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the village of Usovo. After the prayer service, a field kitchen will be open for guests.

In addition, in the Orthodox educational center "Usovo-Spasskoye" pilgrims will be able to visit the exhibition "Ilyinskoye-Usovo Imperial Estate", prepared by the ESPO. The Sixth Elizabethan Cross Procession is part of the program to perpetuate the memory of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church and prepare the 100th anniversary of their memory.

Benefactor and ascetic

The Grand Duchess of the reigning house of the Romanovs, chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society (IOPS) and founder of the Martha and Mary Convent of Mercy in Moscow, Elizaveta Feodorovna became one of the most famous philanthropists of her time. She led an ascetic life: at night she looked after the seriously ill, worked during the day, went around the poorest neighborhoods, she herself visited Khitrov market - the most criminogenic place in Moscow at that time, rescuing young children from there.

Elizaveta Feodorovna was arrested by security officers and Latvian riflemen on the personal order of Felix Dzerzhinsky. Patriarch Tikhon tried to obtain her release, but in vain - she was taken into custody and deported from Moscow to Perm. On the night of July 5, 1918, the Grand Duchess was killed - she was thrown alive into the Novaya Selimskaya mine, 18 kilometers from the Urals Alapaevsk. The retreating White Army took her remains to Beijing, and then to Jerusalem, where the princess wished to be buried.

In 1992, the Bishops' Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church made her a saint. Earlier, in 1981, the martyr was canonized by the Russian Church Abroad.