(17 Jul 1998) T/I: 10:40:32
The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Alexy II, on Friday (17/7) conducted an alternative memorial service for Russia's last Tsar, Nicholas II, at a monastery outside of Moscow. The patriarch has questioned the authenticity of the remains of the royal family and refused to attend their burial in the cathedral of Saint Petersburg's Peter and Paul Fortress, 80 years after the family was executed by a Bolshevik firing squad.
SHOWS:
SERGIYEV POSAD, NEAR MOSCOW, RUSSIA 17/07
WS Sergiyev-Posad monastery;
MS monastery;
Grand Duchess Leonida walking to Uspenski Cathedral in Serviyev-Posad monastery;
Monastery;
Cathedral;
Grand Duchess Leonida and presumed Romanov heir Georgi in Cathedral;
Worshipers crossing themselves and bowing before icon;
Patriarch Alexiy II enters, blesses congregation;
Worshipers;
Patriarch leading service;
SOT Patriarch in Russian on the authenticity of the bones ... saying the church should refrain from supporting one side or the other; that there would mourning services for the Tsar all across Russia, including one at the Peter and Paul Fortress.
VS service;
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