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The Neomartyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth died in 1918. The Victoria whose assistance is credited in the removal of her remains to Palestine was her sister (Victoria, marchioness of Milford Haven). See:
http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/elizabet.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Elizabeth_Fyodorovna
and:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Victoria_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine
Best,
John Dillon
On Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at 11:27 pm, Diana Wright wrote, quoting Hieromonk Ambrose:
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > the Grand Duchess Elizabeth (Princess
> > Alexandra Luise Alice of Hesse) granddaughter of Queen Victoria who
> become a
> > nun and founded a Moscow convent after the assassination of her Russian
> > husband . She was martyred by the Bolsheviks. Victoria, who had
> raised her
> > in England, had her relics removed from the Soviet Union and
> transported to
> > Jerusalem where they are now venerated in the church of Saint Mary Magdalene
> > in the Garden of Gethsemane.
> >
> >
>
> Can you clarify the history? Victoria died in 1901, some years before
>
> there was a Soviet Union.
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