• 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.
  • The life of Alexander Nevsky, compiled after the acquisition of his honest relics in 1380, as well as historical documents indicate that the future saint was born on...
  • The Church of Russia recognized him as a saint in 1547. St Alexander Nevsky is commemorated on August 30 and November 23.
  • With great honors, the grave was opened and frozen in amazement - before the gathered there was an imperishable body - the relics of Alexander Nevsky.
  • He was later made a saint and his relics were encased in a mammoth 18th century silver shrine in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg.
  • In a time when invasions and civil strife had weakened the lands of the Rus’, Alexander Nevsky rose to defend his lands against a powerful enemy from the west.
  • 1. Built to house the relics of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky. In 1703, Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg as the new capital of Russia.
  • 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.
  • In 1724, by the order of Peter the Great, Alexander Nevsky’s relics were ceremoniously transferred to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in 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.