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**hereiamguy** · 09-21-2006, 08:00 AM

Dear Mr. Arnold,

You ought to be very cautious in such criticisms of the Church. The glorification of the Russian Imperial Family was first done by the Russian Church Abroad. Long before that, Saint John Maximovich openly called them saints. I was fortunate enough to attend the glorification ceremony at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in 2000. There were representatives there from every autocephalous and autonomous Orthodox Church, thus the entire Church now recognizes the sanctity of the last Russian Czar and his family. This was not a political move. When I first came to Russia in 1998, one Priest told me that the Russian people had already glorified the Czar. Even before the official canonization, icons of the Czar could be found in Churches and Church stores in Russia.
I know Russian history pretty well and I am sure we could all focus on Czar Nicholas' blunders and mistakes. I am yet to get a clear answer on the whole Rasputin issue, but I do not question the Church's decision to glorify the Czar and his family. What we do know is that they spent their last days in prayer and repentance and did face a horrible death precisely because of what they represented to the God-hating Bolsheviks.

09-21-2006, 08:00 AM	#6
hereiamguy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	Dear Mr. Arnold, You ought to be very cautious in such criticisms of the Church. The glorification of the Russian Imperial Family was first done by the Russian Church Abroad. Long before that, Saint John Maximovich openly called them saints. I was fortunate enough to attend the glorification ceremony at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in 2000. There were representatives there from every autocephalous and autonomous Orthodox Church, thus the entire Church now recognizes the sanctity of the last Russian Czar and his family. This was not a political move. When I first came to Russia in 1998, one Priest told me that the Russian people had already glorified the Czar. Even before the official canonization, icons of the Czar could be found in Churches and Church stores in Russia. I know Russian history pretty well and I am sure we could all focus on Czar Nicholas' blunders and mistakes. I am yet to get a clear answer on the whole Rasputin issue, but I do not question the Church's decision to glorify the Czar and his family. What we do know is that they spent their last days in prayer and repentance and did face a horrible death precisely because of what they represented to the God-hating Bolsheviks.
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