On November 1st 1981 the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, under the presidency of Metropolitan Philaret, glorified (canonised) all the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Bolshevik period. During and after the collapse of communism, they were also glorified in Russia itself, in three different years – 1989 (New Confessor Patriarch Tikhon), 1992 (Metropolitans Vladimir of Kiev, Benjamin of Petrograd and those with him, and the Grand Duchess Elizabeth) and 2000 (all the remaining Martyrs including the Imperial Family).
We are including here three documents illustrating some of these important events :
- An excerpt from Metropolitan Philaret’s Epistle concerning the Glorification
- Words of HH Patriarch Alexis II at the 1992 ceremonies
- The article in the journal THE ROAD TO EMMAUS reporting the final Glorification in 2000 at the rebuilt Christ the Saviour cathedral in Moscow. You can download a PDF version here.