Lot n° 314
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[PRAYER RECITED BY THE IMPERIAL FAMILY DURING THEIR CAPTIVIT - Lot 314
[PRAYER RECITED BY THE IMPERIAL FAMILY DURING THEIR CAPTIVITY].
Typescript, 1 page, numbered 8, folio, text in Russian, kept in an envelope bearing the handwritten inscription by Prince Félix Youssoupoff: "Document
Mysterious Document". Bends, foxing, as is.
Translation: "Cries that reproaches and dishonors endured for the Lord's sake constitute a great gain for your soul, serving as a means of salvation. Endure them assiduously and don't be embarrassed. Think that you are worthy of suffering incomparably more for your sins, speak to yourself: "I am honored to endure in your name lord and for your love pain and suffering.
Much of the pain and humiliation to which I have been subjected will enable me to be in some measure a disciple of God who suffered for me.
Whenever you remember to think ill of him, but pray earnestly for him from the bottom of your heart (p. 126). God is present everywhere and sees everything. Trust in him alone. These are the last words underlined in the Empress's prayer book. These are the feelings that the members of the imperial family perceived and experienced in prison. It's easy to understand the mood they were in as they prepared for their final feat of martyrdom. Let's end the excerpts with the words underlined in Grand Duchess Tatiana's book: "Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ went to their deaths as if they were in a state of fear.
Christ went to their deaths as if they were going to a feast. They stopped in the face of inevitable death, preserving a marvellous peace of mind that never left them for a minute. They walked calmly towards death, for they hoped to enter a different spiritual life opening up to a person from beyond the grave" (p. 365). Their faith grew and strengthened with trials and sorrows. We're sure they'll help us follow the path of such spiritual achievement as they did on this earth."
Provenance: this document was found in the papers of Empress Maria
Feodorovna after her death and preserved by her daughter, Grand Duchess Xenia
Alexandrovna (1875-1960), who inherited it from her daughter Princess
Irina Alexandrovna Youssoupoff (1895-1970), who has kept it to this day.
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