A book titled "The Romanov Royal Martyrs" is bringing new life to the famed royal family, featuring newly colorized images from the costume ball of 1903. Though it can be a lengthy process to ...

For a century the Romanov story has exercised a seductive ... Abroad had already declared the Romanovs to be Saints and ‘New Martyrs.’ The Patriarchate in Moscow initially resisted recognition ...

In 1981, the Russian Orthodox Church abroad canonized the Romanov family as martyrs. After some debate, the Mos­cow Patriarchate followed suit in 2000 when it pronounced them “bearers of the passion” ...

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov married Victoria Romanovna Bettarini, who is Italian. The wedding took place at St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, the former capital of the Russian ...

Now her figure stands among other martyrs alongside Martin Luther King ... as the Bolsheviks systematically murdered many of the Romanov grand dukes. One of the most atrocious, yet almost ...

For a century the Romanov story has exercised a seductive ... Abroad had already declared the Romanovs to be Saints and ‘New Martyrs.’ The Patriarchate in Moscow initially resisted recognition ...