• 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.
  • In 1724, the holy relics of St. Alexander Nevsky were translated to the monastery on September 12, the day becoming a day of commemoration for the...
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • By order of Peter the Great, Nevsky’s relics were transported to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg where they remain to this day.
  • 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.
  • 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 1724, by the order of Peter the Great, Alexander Nevsky’s relics were ceremoniously transferred to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg...