Holy Royal Passion-Bearers

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The Holy Royal Passion-Bearers are the canonized members of Russia’s last imperial family, Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their children, venerated in the Russian Orthodox Church for facing their deaths with Christian humility and faith.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian Orthodox saints
group of saints
associatedConcept Christian martyrdom
end of the Russian Empire
suffering for the faith
associatedDynasty House of Romanov NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent execution of the Romanov family
associatedWithPerson Empress Alexandra Feodorovna NERFINISHED
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED
canonizationStatus glorified as passion-bearers
canonizedBy Moscow Patriarchate NERFINISHED
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia NERFINISHED
commemoratedIn Russian Orthodox liturgical calendar
commemoratedOn 17 July (Gregorian calendar in some jurisdictions)
17 July (Julian calendar)
countryOfVeneration Russia NERFINISHED
feastType synaxis of saints
hasDevotionType pilgrimage to sites of martyrdom
hasMember Alexandra Feodorovna NERFINISHED
Alexei Nikolaevich NERFINISHED
Anastasia Nikolaevna NERFINISHED
Maria Nikolaevna NERFINISHED
Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED
Olga Nikolaevna NERFINISHED
Tatiana Nikolaevna NERFINISHED
hasRelicSite Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg NERFINISHED
Ganina Yama monastery NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Holy
Royal
honorificSuffix Passion-Bearers NERFINISHED
iconographicAttribute depicted together as a family
royal garments
languageOfCult Church Slavonic NERFINISHED
liturgicalCategory new martyrs and confessors of Russia
placeOfMartyrdom Ipatiev House NERFINISHED
Yekaterinburg NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
timePeriod early 20th century
title Royal Passion-Bearers NERFINISHED
veneratedAs passion-bearers
veneratedFor Christian humility in suffering
faithful endurance of death
virtueEmphasized forgiveness of enemies
meekness
patience in suffering
yearOfDeath 1918

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Ganina Yama area near Yekaterinburg dedicatedTo Holy Royal Passion-Bearers
subject surface form: Ganina Yama