holidays

Christian feast day: Romanov sainthood (Russian Orthodox Church)

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Romanov sainthood (Russian Orthodox Church) from July 17, null

Canonization of the Romanovs

Elevation to sainthood of the Russian imperial family

The canonization of the Romanovs was the elevation to sainthood of the last imperial family of Russia – Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei – by the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Russian Orthodox Church

Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church

The Russian Orthodox Church, also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The primate of the ROC is the patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'.
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July 17

Day of the year

July 17 is the 198th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 167 days remain until the end of the year.
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