• Therefore, before proceeding to the story about the relics of Alexander Nevsky, it is necessary to at least briefly list his services to the Slavs.
  • 3. Peter the Great built a special monastery in St. Petersburg to hold the relics. The shrine in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, a 1890 lithograph.
  • On this day it was decided to transfer the relics of the holy Prince Alexander Nevsky from Vladimir to the new northern capital, Peterburg, on the banks of the Neva.
  • Alexander was canonized as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church by Metropolitan Macarius in 1547.[22]. 1922 opening of relics of Alexander Nevsky.
  • Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky 4 Aralık 2008 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi.
  • I took this icon to the Temple to my confessor, and he said that these were holy relics, and most likely the relics of the one depicted on the icon - Alexander Nevsky.
  • Alexander Nevsky Lavra, located in St. Petersburg, Russia, is the principal monastery of the Church of Russia for men in the Eparchy of St. Petersburg.
  • The relics of St. Alexander Nevsky. The main shrine of the Lavra is the relics of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky, the patron saint of the monastery.
  • In 1723-24 relic of St Prince Alexander Nevsky was transfered from the town of Vladimir to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St Petersburg.
  • But in the next, 1724, the relics were safely transported to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the place of their current repose.