[Regnum] Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky is the guardian of Russian statehood and the savior of the Russian ethnic group. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin on September 12, after visiting the Annunciation Church in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
It is curious that it was to Alexander Nevsky that Tsar Peter I dedicated the first monastery, founded in a new place, on the site of the future capital, the head of state noted during a conversation with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.
“It is no coincidence, because he is the guardian of Russian statehood and, in essence, the savior of the Russian ethnic group, without any exaggeration,” Putin said.
Nevsky's relations with the Golden Horde created the conditions for preserving Russian identity, the Russian leader added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 12, Putin and Patriarch Kirill arrived at the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra to mark the 300th anniversary of the transfer of the relics of Alexander Nevsky to St. Petersburg.
