Россия на дореволюционных фотографиях
День обретения мощей и прославления преподобного Серафима, Саровского чудотворца
1903
Russia in pre-revolutionary photographs
The Day of finding the relics and the glorification of St. Seraphim,
miracle worker of Sarov
1903
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Troparion to the Rev. Seraphim of Sarov
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Glorification of St. Seraphim of Sarov
Choir of the Sisters of the Holy Trinity St. Seraphim of Serov Monastery
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Troparion to the re. Seraphim of Sarov
"On July 19 (August 1, according to the new art.) 1903, official church glorification took place in the face of saints and the acquisition of honest relics of Father Seraphim of Sarov , beloved and long respected by the people. The celebrations held in Sarov and Diveevo became a special landmark in the spiritual history of the country, as Sarov and Diveevo have always been and remain a special place of spiritual geography of Russia ."
The celebrations were attended by the Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and members of the Imperial family. Together with pilgrims from across Russia, local dignitaries and members of the nobility.
Following the Bolshevik Revolution, Soviet authorities severely persecuted religious groups. As part of their persecution of Christians, they confiscated many relics of saints, including St. Seraphim. Furthermore, his biographer Seraphim Chichagov, who came to become a Metropolitan, was arrested, sentenced to death and executed by firing squad in 1937 (and is also celebrated as a Russian Orthodox saint).
In 1991, St. Seraphim's relics were rediscovered after being hidden in a Soviet anti-religious museum for seventy years. This caused a sensation in post-Soviet Russia and throughout the Orthodox world. A crucession (religious procession) escorted the relics, on foot, all the way from Moscow to Diveyevo Convent, where they remain to this day.
