Paul Gilbert
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The Russian media reported today that authorities are now considering expanding their investigation even further by exhuming the remains of Emperor Alexander III. According to media reports, this procedure is necessary for a more accurate study of the remains of Tsesarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria on the basis of their relationship with the Russian emperor.
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An image of St. Gabriel (Urgebadze) has miraculously appeared in the Mtskheta Monastery of St. Nino.
The Holy Synod resolved to elevate Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), Abbot of the Moscow Stavropegic Sretensky Monastery, to the episcopate with the title of Bishop of Yegoryevsk, Vicar Bishop of the Moscow Diocese.
Ahead of the 830th anniversary of the founding of the Second Bulgarian Empire, the northern Bulgarian city of Veliko Tarnovo has opened for visitors and planned special events the restored St. Dimitar Solunksi (St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki) Church where 830 years ago local nobles Asen and Petar started an uprising against the Byzantine Empire leading to the resurrection of the Bulgarian state.
A new pan-Orthodox group is meeting on Thursdays in the Pittsburgh Cranberry area.