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August 4-th, 2009 г.
Desecration of relics
of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorvna in
Jerusalem
Open letter
to the First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, Metropolitan
Hilarion
With a pain in my soul I decided to describe what happened
in front of my eyes in the Gethsemane Convent on the Mount of Olives in
Jerusalem.
On the first week of
June 2009 Natalia Moliboga, a supervisor of the Moscow Sts. Martha and Mary
Convent, arrived to Jerusalem. She had a
meeting with Abbess Elizabeth, matushka of the Gethsemane Convent.
That was not the
first time she insisted the Abbess to give a large part of relics of Elizabeth
Feodorvna (St. Elizabeth) for the Sts. Martha and Mary Convent in Moscow with a
reference to Yurii Luzhkov, the mayor of Moscow, to make a complete
confiscation of the relics of Elizabeth Feodorvna.
In the mid of June
suddenly Yekaterina, a former wife of Russian oligarch Vasilii Anisimov and now
a woman close to Patriarch Kirill, arrived by a private flight. She represented
herself as a «spiritual daughter of the Patriarch».
On the board of the
same aircraft Bishop of Geneva Mikhail (Donskov) arrived. As an archery of
ROCOR he claimed that he has blessing of Mark (Arndt), Archbishop of Berlin and
Germany, who is watching over Russian monasteries on the Holy Land, to transfer
a substantial part of Elizabeth Feodorvna relics by the sisters of the Convent.
All attempts of
Abbess Elizabeth to contact Archbishop Mark failed. Later he said that “unknown
forces” switched off his cell phone and he had no connection for five days.
Arrived people
claimed to transfer the head of martyr St. Elizabeth Feodorvna to them. The
Abbess and the sisters categorically denied this claim. Based, on his words, on
a personal blessing of Archbishop Mark, Bishop Mikhail (Donskov) tried to
convince the Abbess and the sisters to give the relics by a good will to avoid
a conflict situation with mayor Luzkhov.
Yekaterina Anisimova
also stated that the transfer of the relics is a personal request of the
Patriarch. The most amazing fact is that
neither Bishop Mikhail, nor Anisimova could submit any kind of a document or
letter signed by mayor Luzhkov, Patriarch Kirill, or at least by Archbishop
Mark.
Arrived
representatives referred to mayor Luzhkov who by their words will try by all
means available to him to achieve a complete transfer of the Elizabeth
Feodorvna relics to Moscow.
By their words he has
prepared all necessary documentation for this act. The sisters asked Bishop
Mikhail how it happened that he arrived in the same flight with the delegation,
and he answered that they «meet him and took with them accidentally in Rome».
After many hour
intensive negotiations in elevated tones, Abbess Elizabeth finally agreed to
transfer a part of the arm of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorvna under
conditions of a written agreement, which was worked out and signed.
The agreement says
that neither the current Sts. Martha and Mary Convent, nor any other
representatives of the Moscow Patriarchy will ever claim in the future a
transfer of the relics of the Grand Duchess neither in full, nor in parts. Moreover the document says that this issue will
never arise in the future.
It was a great
tragedy for the sisters who were present at the breakdown of the relics to see
how a part the arm was taken off.
The situation was so
much tense that it could end up with a great scandal any moment. The sisters
could hardly contain themselves.
There were three
black Mercedes’ on the street in front of the fence of the Gethsemane Convent
waiting for the delegation which took a part of the relics. In the way to the
airport Natalia Moliboga, a supervisor of the Sts. Martha and Mary Convent, who
hided during a week in the building of Russian Spiritual Mission, joined them.
It is not a secret
that this year in September there would be a celebration of the 100th
anniversary of foundation of the Sts. Martha and Mary Convent in Moscow. One of
my spiritual daughters who visited Moscow told that a shrine for the relics of
the Grand Duchess is already prepared in the Pokrov Cathedral of the Sts.
Martha and Mary Convent.
There are supposedly
«clothes of the Grand Duchess and her breast cross» in the shrine. However it
is known that there were no such things on her body, when in 1918 investigator
Sokolov obtained the body from a mine near Alapaevsk.
My appeals to bishops
of ROCOR had no response.
I hope that the Head of
the ROCOR, Metropolitan Hilarion, will respond on that sad event. But this hope
is not so great.
I consider that on
the eve of celebration of the 100th anniversary of foundation of
Sts. Martha and Mary Convent there occurred desecration of relics of Elizabeth
Feodorvna, which rather can be compared with her murder in 1918.
Cleric of the ROCOR
Holy Land
July 2009.
Translated from publication on www.Portal-credo.ru on
08/03/2009.
To all people of good will in Russia and Abroad
Appeal of «Luch»:
We urge all believers and
all people who truly revere the memory of the Royal Martyrs:
Boycott all actions of
the MP related to the coming 100th Аnniversary of the Sts.
Martha and Mary Convent.
Picket near Moscow
government and the Sts. Martha and Mary Convent; tell to Russian people the
truth on evil deeds and blasphemy of the MP and do not participate in its
«actions».
Claim in a written form
to return relics of St. Elizabeth to Jerusalem where they should remain until
the red regime in Russia completely disappears.
Claim to remove Moliboga
and defrock Donskov due to their bandit conduct, systematic lies, vandalism in
church, cruelty with respect to believers and desecration.
Send this letter to all the
churches and monasteries. Use all forms of legal protests.
God bless!
Holy Royal Martyrs, please,
forgive us!
Materials on the
site in Russian:
5 лет
явления
королевы
Виктории Английской.
ЛУЧ,
18 июля 2009 г.
Молибога
уничтожила
Обитель ВК
Елизаветы. ЛУЧ, 29
апреля 2009 г.
Кто и
кому платит
за
уничтожение
ММО? ЛУЧ, 2008 г.
«Невесто
Руси
краснейшая».
Фотоматериалы
разных лет. ЛУЧ, 18
сентября 2008 г.
Белые
цветы
Царственной
Мученицы. ЛУЧ, 24
мая 2007 г.
Биографические
м-лы,
исторические
параллели. ЛУЧ, 30
окт. 2002 г.
Масоны
захватили
Императорское
Палестинское
Общество. ЛУЧ, 7 августа 2007 г.
Материалы
на
английском,
опубликованные
в «ЛУЧе» в
разные годы.
LUCH 2009