About 35,000 pilgrims participated in Yekaterinburg night procession with cross to commemorate Nicholas II family
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Yekaterinburg, July 18, Interfax - About 35,000 people participated in Yekaterinburg procession with cross at Thursday night, when the execution of the tsar family was commemorated for the 90th time.
The Yekaterinburg Diocese has reported that Orthodox procession was preceded by an all-night vigil in the Church-on-Blood built on the site of Nicholas II execution. The churchyard was overcrowded as many believers could not enter the church and prayed outdoors.
The bells clammed exactly in the midnight and the Moscow Patriarchate hierarchs including the hierarchs of the Russian Church Abroad started celebrating the divine liturgy. "It was the night of prayer and repentance when thousands of people communed the Body and Blood of Christ at the holy place purpled with martyr blood. Orthodox believers came to the Urals from all around world to repent, to purify their souls and ask the holy tsar passion-bearers for forgiveness," the diocese told the journalists. Projectors spotlighted the Church-on-Blood during the service. The divine service was broadcasted all around and everyone who could not enter the overcrowded church prayed outdoors.
The liturgy lasted until 4 a.m. and then the bell called the believers to participate in the procession with cross to the Ganina Yama. Thousands of people moved along the streets of Yekaterinburg in the dawn and set off for the 20-kilometer way with prayer. All Russian Orthodox churches conducted divine services to commemorate executed tsar family on Thursday.
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