Concert at Rossotrudnichestvo, 37 Kensington High Street

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On the 1st of September, Thursday, at the closing of the exhibition “Members of the Romanov House during the First World War: Charity and Heroism”, a concert will take place dedicated to the Centenary of the First World War and the 300th anniversary of the Russian Orthodox presence in the British Isles.

The Programme
First part: church singing, military marches and ballads of the First World War and folk songs. The performers are the soloists and choir of the Russia Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition in London. You will hear the excerpts from writings of the Romanov family.
Second part: the composer and pianist Alexey Knupffer will play works by Rachmaninov and his own works. He will also tell the story of his grandfather, Admiral of the Imperial Navy and hero of the First World War.
Drinks and snacks will be offered in the break. You can also purchase some souvenirs.

This will be the last chance to view the displays with their wonderful photos and postcards as well as
British First World War decorations and books.
The concert will begin at 7pm.

Концерт в Россотрудничестве ( 37 High Street Kensington)
1 сентября в Россотрудничестве на закрытии выставки «Представители Дома Романовых в Первую Мировую войну: милосердие и героизм» состоится концерт, посвященный 100-летию Первой мировой войны.… KEEP READING

EASTER EVENING at St Benedict’s

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Second Public Event, held at Saint Benedict’s House, St Leonards-on-Sea on 8th May 2016.
Following the success of the Society’s first event, at Eastwell Manor, it was decided to invite all those who had been unable to attend (usually because of Mothers Day!) to a similar, though smaller, occasion. This as held at the lovely St Benedict’s and began with a delicious Tea in the garden. The day occurred in “Bright Week” in the Orthodox calendar, the week after Easter Sunday, and delicious traditional Russian Easter food – Paskha and Kulich – was served. Proceedings began with the singing of the verse “Christ is Risen from the Dead”, which was rendered in both English and Slavonic.
Among the guests who joined us was Father Terence Wilson who brought with him some of his albums of rare photographs, including one of the Grand Duchess’s family at Eastbourne in the 1870s. We very much appreciated having sight of these.
An abridged showing of the film, covering part of the life of our Grand Duchess, followed. Owing perhaps to the smaller room in which we viewed it, this was a more vivid and moving experience than we had at Eastwell and was appreciated by all.… KEEP READING

GDERS Hosts Special Guests

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The GDER Society had special guests on the 24th of April, which was the Palm Sunday in our Church calendar. These were Inna Tsariova, the Deputy Head of the Orthodox School attached to the Martha and Mary Convent in Moscow and her friend and the Society member Anna Kunitsina from London. We showed them places in Eastbourne visited by our Grand Duchess Elizabeth in 1878, when she was 14, together with her siblings and her mother Alice Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhein (Princess of Great Britain and the daughter of Queen Victoria). You can read more about this visit on http://www.gdelizabeth.org.uk/html/st_elizabeth.shtml
This was first time when our Society offered a short pilgrimage to these places, some of them we were able to see for the first time ourselves. At Christ Church in Eastbourne we were welcomed by the curate, Father Adam Ransom, who kindly showed us their treasures, namely the inscription on the altar window in memory of the frequent visits to the church by Princess Alice. We were also shown some rare publications in the Church magazine of the period and after that the old Sunday school also visited by the family. We were pleasantly surprised by presence of some beautiful Orthodox icons around the altar.… KEEP READING

Inaugural Meeting of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society at Eastwell Manor.

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The first meeting of our new Society was held in this historic building, now a Hotel, in which the Grand Duchess Elizabeth visited members of the British Royal Family during the time when it was a royal residence. It proved to be a most suitable venue when about 60 members and supporters gathered to inaugurate the Society dedicated to spreading knowledge of the life, values and faith of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, a remarkable benefactor of the poor and a Martyr of the 20th century.

The evening began with the playing of selected parts of a film of the Grand Duchess’ life “White Angel of Moscow” made in Russia in 2009 with an English commentary. This gave an introduction to her story which was of interest both to those who knew her well and to those who knew little of her story. This was followed by a fascinating lecture from the noted historian and biographer Charlotte Zeepvat on the life of the Grand Duke Sergey and Elizabeth in Moscow when he was acting as Governor-General of Moscow, and up until his tragic death at the hand of assassins in 1905.

The story of Elizabeth’s life was brought right up to its conclusion by the dramatic reading of a moving letter by her sister Victoria written from Port Said where she met Elizabeth’s coffin on its way to the final resting place in Jerusalem in 1920.… KEEP READING

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