Pilgrimage
to the place of martyrdom of
St Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova
Verkhniaya Tura
It is a small Ural town founded in 1737. You can see Ural mountains from the belltower of the Church of Alexander Nevsky. Ural mountains all covered with forests look like big hills. They divide Europe from Asia
Verkhniaya Tura pictures
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The very place of martyrdom of the last pre-revolutionary Orthodox priest. He was shot here for Christ. Pictures from belltower.
Pictures were made during the pilgrimage in July of 1998 ¿ St Elizabeth sisterhood. Address: Moscow 103287 2-ja Khutorskaja 40 tel. 211-36-25 email: om@mrezha.ru