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Russian authorities allow march commemorating the murder of Czar Nicolas II
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[ColonelCassad] In Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, despite the official ban, there were events of the Tsarists dedicated to Nicholas II (anniversary of the execution of the former Tsar).

The oligarch Konstatin Malafeev led the procession of about two thousand people. Most of those present, of course, were without the required medical masks.

Although the other day the governor banned the march because of the deteriorating epidemiological situation in the region, the march was still held, saying that "it was disorganized" and "people just passed."

The police and local authorities did not put any obstacles to breaking the law. If you can't, but you really want to, then you can. The main thing is then to pretend that this is not what it seems. The authorities did just that, stating that "this is not a procession with the cross, people were just walking."

An unidentified official of Sverdlovsk said:

"The event was not agreed, but, nevertheless, people followed this path. This is a question for law enforcement, of course.
The procession in the form in which it is traditionally held was not held here yesterday.

Individual citizens in small groups have followed the path along which this case traditionally takes place.

Well, we walked along the sidewalk. Officially, we do not think that we had a religious procession."

Regnum offers some photos from the event and their commentary:
In Yekaterinburg, on the night of July 17, a procession was held on the occasion of the next anniversary of the execution of the former Emperor Nikolai Romanov and his family members. The event brought together about two thousand people, the local Holy See told reporters.

The participants of the event moved from the Church on the Blood after the end of the Divine Liturgy. At around 6:30 local time (4:30 Moscow time) they reached the monastery on Ganina Yama.

"The initiative of the people's memorial process came from the people themselves, who wanted to walk with prayer the path along which the bodies of the last Romanovs were transported from the house of the engineer Ipatiev to the place of their destruction ," they say in the diocese.

Earlier, the authorities of the Sverdlovsk region canceled the procession. The reason was the situation with the coronavirus.

Believers walked in small groups along pedestrian crossings and sidewalks, observing security measures. Thanks to the interaction with the authorities, the event was held without incidents. On the morning of July 17, a prayer service to the "Holy Royal Passion-bearers" was held at Ganina's pit.

We will remind, Romanov and members of his family, as well as servants were shot on the night of July 17, 1918 in the house of engineer Ipatiev.


Posted by: badanov 2021-07-18
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