• 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.
  • The Church of Russia recognized him as a saint in 1547. St Alexander Nevsky is commemorated on August 30 and November 23.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • "The relics of St. Alexander Nevsky were solemnly transferred from Vladimir to the new capital of Russia September 12, 1724, by decree of Peter the Great."[3]...
  • The imperishable relics of the Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky were unearthed before the Kulikovo Battle in the year 1380.
  • Relics of 13 saints, including those of 13th century Russian national hero, Knyaz Alexander Nevsky , have been stolen from a church in St. Petersburg , a...
  • 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 Nevsky was the Grand Prince of Vladimir and Novgorod, in the 13th century, during some of the most difficult times of Kievan Rus' history.