Oxford, St Gregory and St Macrina’s House, 11-13th October 2019

CONFERENCE REPORT

Report of the conference “Rescuing the Romanovs: Crimea – Malta – Britain, 1919-2019”, and other events organised by the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society, UK, in Oxford (October 11th-13th, 2019) dedicated to the Centenary of the British operation to rescue Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna from Crimea.

Romanov commemorative events, organised by Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society UK, took place in Oxford during the weekend 11th-13h October at the House of St Gregory and St Macrina. The conference “Rescuing the Romanovs” and the new exhibition “Romanov Estates in Crimea” were dedicated to the Centenary of the British operation in Crimea to rescue the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and other members of the Romanov Family. Under the title “The Last Days of the Romanovs” the Society also brought to Oxford their displays and collection of the photographs depicting the Imperial Family, Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Dowager Empress Maria and her daughters Grand Duchesses Xenia and Olga during the Great War and the tragedies of Ekaterinburg and Alapaevsk in July 1918.

The exhibition was opened on the 11th October by the Society’s Chairman, Dr Maria Harwood, who welcomed the trustees, members and guests who had travelled from far and wide to Oxford (including from Russia, Japan and Switzerland) to participate in the Romanov weekend.… KEEP READING

On Monday 16th September the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society organised a talk by by the well-known bishop, theologian and writer Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware). It was held at the lovely house of Alexander Groves and Paul Oxborough, members of our Society from the very beginning, in St Leonards-on-Sea.

The subject of the talk was “The Eucharist as Sacrifice” and it drew an enthusiastic audience of thirty, some local and others who had travelled a long distance.

We were very pleased that our patron, Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia) was also present and was able to introduce the Metropolitan to everybody.
We are hoping to organise regular talks in the future which will connect, explicitly or implicitly, with the great sacrifice of the Russian Royal martyrs. 

Presentation in Moscow of an English book dedicated to the memory of the Royal Family and to the first two Heads of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society: Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov.

On March 2nd, in the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Memorial Fund and the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society (UK) held a joint presentation of the book “The Last Romanovs – Archival and Museum Discoveries in Great Britain and Russia”.

The publication is an illustrated collection of contributions to the British-Russian Symposium, held in Windsor in June 2017 and organised by the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society. The articles cover various aspects of the lives of the last members of the Imperial House of Romanov and also present new information about documents and exhibits from various collections in Russia and the United Kingdom. The book (edited by Dr Maria Harwood) was released by the prestigious British publishing house PINDAR PRESS.

The presentation was opened by the Rector of the church of St. Tatiana, Archpriest Vladimir Vigilyansky, who emphasized the importance of such events for our respective countries and for the Church.
Dmitry Grishin, Chairman of the Sergiev Memorial Fund, and member of the IOPS, shared his impressions of his participation in the Windsor Symposium and the work of his British colleagues.… KEEP READING

A project of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society, UK

Sculptor Elena Bezborodova

Romanov Memorial, Isle of Wight, 2018

Please read a report on our pilgrimage to the Tsar’s Golgotha.