"With God’s help, we shall endure all things, for faith is our shield."
☦️Holy Martyr Tsar Nicholas II
Discussion
Among the few personal effects of the royal family of St Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov (July 4/ July 17) that remained behind at the Ipatiev House, the place of their martyrdom, was a notebook of the young Holy Martyr Olga. On one of its pages, was the following prayer:
Grant us Thy patience, Lord, In these our woeful days,
The mob's wrath to endure,
The torturer's ire; Thy unction to forgive
Our neighbors' persecution, And mild, like Thee, to bear a bloodstained Cross.
And when the mob prevails, And foes come to despoil us,
To suffer humbly shame,
O Saviour, aid us!
Master of the world, universal God, Bless us in prayer
And grant rest to our humble soul
In this unbearable, dreadful hour.
And when the hour comes
To pass the last dread gate,
Breathe strength in us to pray, “Father, forgive them."
—from “The Romanov Royal Martyrs: What silence could not conceal”
Photo: (from left to right) Saints Olga, Nikolai, Anastasia, Alexandra, Tatiana, and in the front row Alexei and Maria ☦️ 