Ark with right hand of Princess Elizabeth to be delivered in Minsk from New York

19 мая 2018

Today, the ark with the right hand of the reverend-martyr Princess Elizabeth will be delivered in Minsk fr om New York.

The aristocrat and representative of the Romanov family dedicated her life to charity and the creation of the first social services. Princess Elizabeth is revered as one of the most significant ascetics of the 20th century. Her relics are stored in the Mary Magdalene's Jerusalem Monastery. The ark with the right hand is kept in the Synodal Cathedral of the Mother of God of the Sign in New York.

The holy relic will stay for four days in the Belarusian capital. Today, the Holy Spirit Cathedral of the capital will hold a solemn ceremony. The main Orthodox temple of the country will keep the ark until tomorrow. In the evening of 20 May, the relic will be moved to the Priory of St Elisabeth, wh ere believers will be able to see it for two more days at any time.

The initiative to bring the holy relic from New York to Minsk came from the youth involved with the Belarusian and Russian Orthodox churches abroad.