The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation issued a statement today that the re-examination study confirmed the authenticity of the remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. However, the Russian Orthodox Church is still not ready to make a final conclusion on the question of the authenticity of the remains of the Romanov family.
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3 November, 2015. The studies of the tissue samples from the tomb of Tsar Alexander III, located at the St Peter & Paul Fortress began today, announced the Senior Investigator Criminologist on the case, Vladimir Solovyov. He did not mention the exact date of when the actual exhumation of the Tsar’s remains took place.
Before starting this work, the Vicar of Holy Trinity of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Bishop of Kronstadt Lord Nazariy performed a litia prayer at the fortress.
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In hopeful anticipation that the Romanov family will be reunited in burial sooner rather than later, here are some footage excerpts from their 1998 burial ceremony at Peter & Paul Fortress in St Petersburg. May the two children join their family soon, as I am sure all of them would have wanted!
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A decision has been made to exhume the remains of the Russian Emperor Alexander III (father of Tsar Nicholas II) for use in the new examination of the murder case of the Romanov family, “Interfax” reports.
“At the initiative of the Patriarch a decision has been made to open the tomb of Tsar Alexander III. It all depends on technical conditions. All of this work will probably not be started any earlier than mid-November,” said the senior investigator of the case Vladimir Solovyov. Read more TSAR ALEXANDER III WILL BE EXHUMED: UPDATE ON ROMANOV FAMILY REMAINS
There is now a possibility of exhumation of the remains of Tsar Alexander III in order to have a “more accurate data” for the study of the Romanov family remains, in particular those of Tsarevich Alexei, Grand Duchess Maria, Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
“To remove the last doubts” about the authenticity of the remains of the Romanov family, the Patriarch of Moscow and All the Russia offered to open the tomb of Alexander III, at a meeting of the Committee for the Reburial of the Romanovs. Currently this issue is being addressed by the Investigative Committee of Russia. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY REMAINS UPDATE: EXHUMATION OF TSAR ALEXANDER III?
October 16, 2015 – The Russian government hopes that all the work on the remains of the Romanov family and plans for their reburial will be completed by early February 2016, said a Cabinet source. “By early February, we expect the completion of all tests, the completion of all procedures, to have prepared a report from the investigative team, and furthermore, the restoration of the original appearance of the sarcophagus of Tsar Alexander III”. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY REMAINS: UPDATE – 16 OCTOBER, 2015.
