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  Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna of Russia (lang-ruЕлизавета Фёдоровна), née ''Her Grand Ducal Highness'' Princess Elisabeth Alexandra Luise Alice of Hesse-Darmstadt (1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918), was the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna (née Princess Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt).
She was the second child and daughter of Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt and Princess Alice of Great Britain, a daughter of Queen Victoria.
After Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was assassinated, while on service in the Kremlin by Socialist-Revolutionary, Ivan Kalyayev, on February 18 1905, Grand Duchess Elizabeth became a nun, and gave away her jewelery and sold her most luxurious possessions.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Grand_Duchess_Elizabeth_Fyodorovna   (440 words)

  
 Pravoslavna~Blagodat'!: An American Interview with Grand Duchess Elizabeth in 1917   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
This was Elizabeth Fyodorovna, sister of the former empress and widow of the Grand Duke Serge, uncle of the emperor.
Elizabeth Fyodorovna kept me for nearly three quarters of an hour talking to her about the Gary schools, which she is eager to see in Russia; about American women and their part in the war, and about welfare work for children, especially for tubercular and anemic children.
The Grand Duchess Serge is a good feminist and she agreed with me that in Russia's crisis, as in the situation in all countries created by the war, it had been completely demonstrated that women would have henceforth to play a role equally important and equally prominent as that of men.
pravoslavnablog.blogspot.com /2006/09/american-interview-with-grand-duchess.html   (3488 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She and her husband, Grand Duke Sergei, adopted and raised the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch, and his sister Grand Duchess Maria, after their mother died during Dmitri's birth.
After Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was assassinated, while on service in the Kremlin by Socialist-Revolutionary, Ivan Kalyayev, on February 18, 1905, Grand Duchess Elizabeth became a nun, and gave away her jewelry and sold her most luxurious possessions.
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/GDElisabeth.html HIH Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna by Countess Alexandra Olsoufieff
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Duchess_Elizabeth_Fyodorovna   (446 words)

  
 Father Demetrios Serfes - The Holy Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth
Through her maternal line the Grand Duchess was descendent from the royal dynasty of Rurik, a matter which is described in detail, in a book compiled and published by Prince M. Putyatin.
Elizabeth the Martyr was a great spiritual woman of love brought to the altar of suffering mankind not only honor and glory, all her fortune, all the hours of her life, but even her life itself; as her reward for all this she received cruel suffering and a holy martyr's death.
Before I present to you "An Introduction to the Life of the Holy Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth", let me first humbly give you an account of Ryabov (the assassin) who actually preformed, and who was in charge of, the holy martyrdom of the Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia, (and those with her).
www.serfes.org /lives/grandduchess/intro.htm   (978 words)

  
 Alexander Palace Time Machine - Grand Duchess Elizabeth
Elizabeth was the second daughter of Alice and Louis, and was eight years older than her youngest sister, Alix.
Elizabeth, called 'Ella" by her family, married the Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich Romanov, brother of Alexander III and Nickolas II's >uncle.
Untouched by the revolution in her beautiful Art Nouveau convent, she was eventually arrested by the Bolsheviks and exiled to Siberia, where she was brutally murdered and thrown down a mine with five other Romanovs, a nun companion and a servant.
www.alexanderpalace.org /palace/ella.html   (605 words)

  
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The church was dedicated in 1888 by the Russian Czar, and Grand Duke Sergei, who attended the dedication with his wife, was assassinated in 1905.
Elizabeth had lived for some time in Jerusalem and been very active in the city, especially in Ein Karem.
To the altar’s left is a sarcophagus with the remains of St. Barbara, Elizabeth’s companion.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3332733,00.html   (1479 words)

  
 List of Grand Duchesses of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This courtesy title was borne (usually) by daughters and male-line granddaughters of the Emperors of Russia, as well as by wives of Grand Dukes of Russia, all along with the style of Her Imperial Highness as members of the House of the reigning Emperor.
Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich succeeded as de jure Head of the Imperial House in 1918, though the precise fate of his predecessors at the hands of the revolutionaries was not known until some time later.
In 1924 Grand Duke Kiril proclaimed himself Emperor and his children Grand Duke (Vladimir) and Grand Duchesses (Maria and Kira) of Russia, despite the fact that they were not grandchildren of a reigning Emperor and were by birth Prince and Princesses of Russia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Grand_Duchesses_of_Russia   (599 words)

  
 CHURCH OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
She was Russian Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, wife of the Czar's brother Sergei and sister to the Czar's wife Alexandra.
During the lavish inauguration ceremony in 1888, the 24-year-old Elizabeth told several onlookers that she wanted to be buried within its walls.
Elizabeth spent some of her youth in England with her British relatives - including her grandmother Queen Victoria - and learned that royalty has a duty to the populace.
www.christusrex.org /www2/baram/B-magdalene.html   (1066 words)

  
 Saint Elizabeth of Russia
Elizabeth married Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the fifth son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
Elizabeth was arrested with two sisters from her convent, and transported across country to Perm, then to Ekatarinburg, and finally to Alapaevsk.
Elizabeth was recognized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, and then by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1992.
www.friedrichfroebel.com /saint.html   (561 words)

  
 Elizabethan Charitable Society
It was the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, the wife of the Grand Duke Sergey Alaxandrovich, the Moscow governor-general, who undertook to fulfill this complex social task.
The statute of the new Society was developed and approved by the Emperor Alexander III on January 17, 1892.
It was patronized by the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna.
www.rondtb.msk.ru /info/en/Maksimova_en.htm   (685 words)

  
 THE ROYAL MARTYRS
This was the way Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, daughter of Grand Duke Paul of Russia and his first wife, Alexandra of Greece, spoke of her younger brother in her autobiography Education of a princess, and she was quite right: Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley was indeed an extraordinarily gifted character and a most remarkable poet.
He was the son of the Grand Duke Paul, youngest son of Emperor Alexander II, and of Olga Valerianovna Karnovich, the daughter of a chamberlain in the Imperial Court.
Since Grand Duke Paul was ill, the family decided that Princess Paley would take a doctor’s certificate to the Cheka, and that Vladimir, who did not bear the name of Romanov, would remain at home, in the hope that he would pass unnoticed.
www.holy-transfiguration.org /library_en/royal_paley.html   (4017 words)

  
 I6475: Elizabeth "Ella" Of Hesse (Grand Duchess) (6 NOV 1864 - 18 JUL 1917)
I6475: Elizabeth "Ella" Of Hesse (Grand Duchess) (6 NOV 1864 - 18 JUL 1917)
Elizabeth heard the explosion and rushed outside, only to find her husband blown to bits.
Untouched by the revolution in her beautiful Art Nouveau convent, she was eventually arrested by the Bosheviks and exiled to Siberia, where she was brutally murdered and thrown down a mine with five other Romanovs, a nun companion and a servant.
web.ukonline.co.uk /nigel.battysmith/Database/D0016/I6475.html   (559 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was the grandest of the grand duchesses, and formed an alternate court in the later years of the reign of her nephew Nicholas II.
Along with her sons, she contemplated a coup against the Tsar in the winter of 1916-1917, that would force the Tsar's abdication and replacement by his son, with Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolayevich as regent.
Maria and Dmitri were placed in the custody of their childless uncle, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia and his wife Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Duchess_Maria_Pavlovna_of_Russia   (897 words)

  
 Saint Elisabeth, Grand Princess
Elizaveta Fyodorovna was glad that the young couple, who were in love, could marry and that her sister would live in Russia, the country she loved with all of her heart.
The Grand Duchess was present at all of the services and often went there at night to pray for her deceased husband.
The Grand Duchess and Father Mitrophan taught the nuns that their task was not only to render medical assistance, but also to spiritually guide the sinful, the lost and the despondent.
www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/princess_elizabeth.htm   (16298 words)

  
 Elizabeth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elizabeth (Biblical person), the mother of John the Baptist in the New Testament.
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, as Empress of India, the wife of the King-Emperor George VI
Elizabeth Báthory (1560–1614), niece of the Polish King Stephen Báthory.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elizabeth   (433 words)

  
 Newsletter, July 2006 - Historical and theological experience
An 'ideological' stimulus was given by the return to Russia of the name of the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, the founder of the Charity Convent of Sts Martha and Mary in Moscow.
Elizabeth immediately gained popular veneration and love among many Orthodox women who were engrossed in reading her Life and wanted to emulate her.
Recently this problem became a subject of a heated debate at the Sisterhood of St. Alexander Fyodorovna the Passion-Bearer.
www.rondtb.msk.ru /newslet/en/64_2_en.htm   (2295 words)

  
 SpiritHit News | Europe | Over Ten Million Orthodox Faithful Venerate Holy Relics
The holy right hand of the Holy Martyr Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna and the particle of the holy relics of Sister Barbara visited 140 cities of 61 dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church during seven months.
It was announced that the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia would convey the reliquary with the particles of Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Sister Barbara relics to Sts Martha and Mary Convent of Mercy after its restoration.
There is a medallion with the Image of the Savior-Not-Made-by-Hands on the cover of the reliquary, which was given to Grand Duchess Elizabeth by Emperor Nicolas II on her adopting Orthodoxy.
news.spirithit.com /index/europe/more/over_ten_million_orthodox_faithful_venerate_holy_relics   (875 words)

  
 United Jerusalem - - Week in Review -- 10/27/2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The Sergei Building was built in 1890 by Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich as a luxurious abode for those princes of Moscovy, while more plebian buildings housed the masses.
His widow Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna then became a nun and gave away all her royal possessions.
Murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918, her remains were brought to Jerusalem´s Church of Mary Magdalene, which was built by Czar Alexander III in 1886.
www.unitedjerusalem.org /index2.asp?id=833425   (2631 words)

  
 This is G o o g l e
Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna - by Grant Menzies
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich - by Lisa Davidson
Grand Duke Nicholas Michaelovich, "Uncle Bimbo" - NEW by Rob Moshein
www.omahamou.com /APTMBLOODHOUND.htm   (224 words)

  
 The Saints Elizabeth and Barbara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Communities of Mercy in the Name of St. Grand Duchess Elizabeth
In Commemoration of the Martyrdom of Grand Duchess Elizabeth & Those With Her 1918-1998
Life of the Holy Royal Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth
laurabast.tripod.com /ellalink.html   (69 words)

  
 Welcome to the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna RPG
Hi, my name is Grand Duchess Victoria Melita and I am your webmistress.
This RPG is about Grand Duchess Ella Feodorovna.
It is 1864 and she has just been born in the small duchy of Hesse.
expage.com /ellasrpg   (159 words)

  
 Father Nektarios Serfes - The Royal Martyrs Of Russia
Akathist to St. Elizabeth In Commemoration Of The 82nd Anniversary Of Her Holy Martyrdom
Miracle Of The Child Martyr Grand Duchess Maria
Commemoration of the Martyrdom of Grand Duchess Elizabeth 1918-1998
www.serfes.org /royal/index.htm   (908 words)

  
 Johnson's Russia List #5031 - January 17, 2001
The youngest of nine children by Grand Duke Constantine,
Russian literature as the poet "K.R.," and Princess Elizabeth of
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, into a mine shaft and bombarded them with
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/5031.html   (6644 words)

  
 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna (Moderators: LisaDavidson, BobAtchison, Forum Admin)
Elizabeth and the murder of Grand Duke Serge
November 17, 2006, 09:56:36 AM by imperial angel
forum.alexanderpalace.org /index.php?board=18.0   (179 words)

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