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Article: RUSSIA: TSAR NICHOLAS CANONIZED.(Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia)(Brief Article)
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- August 22, 2000
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The Russian Orthodox Church's Council of Bishops voted unanimously on 14 August to canonize Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Aleksandra, Crown Prince Aleksei, and Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatyana, Maria, and Anastasia. According to the council's decision, "the last Russian Orthodox monarch and his family tried to carry out the commandments of the Gospels in their lives" and "underwent their incarceration with gentleness, patience, and humbleness," Interfax reported. It had been reported earlier that the tsar would be canonized for how he faced his fate rather than how he ruled ...
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