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Miles de rusos conmemoraron centenario del fusilamiento del zar Nicolás II

El patriarca de la Iglesia ortodoxa, Cirilo, encabezó una procesión; fieles llevaban cruces, imágenes y retratos del último de los Romanov

Russian Orthodox priest walks close to a portrait of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II during as he takes part in a nightime procession marking 100 years since the Bolsheviks shot dead tsar Nicholas II and his family after he abdicated outside Yekaterinburg early on July 17, 2018.
The powerful church leader led the procession that began in the early hours of July 17, from the murder site to a monastery commemorating the victims outside the city of Yekaterinburg just east of the Ural mountains. Another 20,000 people joined the commemorations when the procession arrived at the monastery in Ganina Yama after covering the distance of 21 kilometres (13 miles). / AFP PHOTO / Vlad LONSHAKOV
Russian Orthodox priest walks close to a portrait of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II during as he takes part in a nightime procession marking 100 years since the Bolsheviks shot dead tsar Nicholas II and his family after he abdicated outside Yekaterinburg early on July 17, 2018. The powerful church leader led the procession that began in the early hours of July 17, from the murder site to a monastery commemorating the victims outside the city of Yekaterinburg just east of the Ural mountains. Another 20,000 people joined the commemorations when the procession arrived at the monastery in Ganina Yama after covering the distance of 21 kilometres (13 miles). / AFP PHOTO / Vlad LONSHAKOV VLAD LONSHAKOV
Feligreses ortodoxos participaron este martes 17 de julio del 2018 en una procesión en Ekaterimburgo con motivo de los 100 años del fusilamiento del zar Nicolás II y su familia. (AFP)

Ekaterimburgo, Rusia. El patriarca ortodoxo Cirilo encabezó este martes una procesión que reunió en Ekaterimburgo (los Urales) a casi 100.000 personas para conmemorar el centenario de la ejecución del último zar Nicolás II y su familia a manos de los bolcheviques.

Los peregrinos llevaban cruces ortodoxas, ímágenes y retratos del zar y de los miembros de la familia imperial asesinados. Salieron a pie a las2 a. m. del lugar donde se produjo la ejecución, en Ekaterimburgo, y terminaron en el monasterio de Gánina Yama, situado a 21 kilómetros de allí, entonando oraciones.

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