The anointing of grand duchess elizabeth alexeyevna (drawing) the following persons can be seen (from right to left): grand duchess maria feodorovna, tsarevich pavel petrovich, grand duchess konstantin pavlovich, grand duchess alexander pavlovich (closest to the audience), empress catherine, metropolitan gabriel, princess louise, abbess a. M. Shubina, bezborodko, zubov, budberg. A description of this event has been preserved. “on monday, the day of the feast of st. Nicholas the wonderworker, appointed for the holy anointing of her high ducal serene highness louise maria augusta, princess of baden, the following took place at the court of her imperial majesty: in accordance with the summonses issued beforehand by the court, that day, in the morning at 10 o’clock, members and other distinguished clergy and the abbess of the novgorod sirtsov monastery, alexandra matveyevna shubina, appointed to be the godmother of the holy anointing, as well as distinguished persons of both sexes, gathered in the winter stone palace of his imperial majesty, and the clergy gathered in the large court church, the courtiers in front of the inner chambers, and the rest in the ceremonial chambers, through which, meanwhile, at half past 11 o’clock at about 10 o'clock, the i. I. H. Tsarevich and the i. I. H. Empress, the i. I. H. Alexander pavlovich and konstantin pavlovich, and the i. I. H. Empresses, the i. I. H. Princess alexandra pavlovna, elena pavlovna, and maria pavlovna, deigned to arrive in her majesty's apartments from their chambers, and a little earlier, her highness louise maria augusta, princess of baden, had arrived in her majesty's chambers. At three quarters past 11 o'clock in the morning, her majesty and the i. I. H. And with the most serene princess of baden from her inner chambers, through the ceremonial rooms, in the wake of the court staff of cavaliers and accompanied by noble ladies of the court and other persons of both sexes, she deigned to proceed to the large court church, in front of which, in the last room, h. I. V. , taking the most serene princess by the hand, deigned to enter with her into the church, where at the door h. I. V. Was met by members of the synod and other clergy in church vestments; and when her highness the princess was placed before the church doors on a carpet laid out along the church, then, after she had made three middle bows, his grace gabriel, metropolitan of novgorod and st. Petersburg, blessed her highness with the words: “in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit,” continuing as follows: “the church of god, although having received you into its communion, calls you by name elizabeth alekseevna… after this and the proper prayers completed by his grace, the verse was sung: “open to me the gates of truth…”; and at the first litany the protodeacon proclaimed her highness the blessed princess elizabeth alekseevna. Then the holy anointing of the most holy princess was performed, according to the rite, by the first member of the synod, his grace gabriel, metropolitan of novgorod and st. Petersburg; and the aforementioned abbess alexandra matveyevna shubina served as her godmother. After the holy anointing, the members of the synod and the other clergy offered their congratulations to her highness the prince on her acceptance of the orthodox faith; also, her imperial majesty and the second imperial majesty deigned to congratulate her highness the prince, whom her imperial majesty blessed with an icon of the holy miracle worker nicholas. Then the divine liturgy began, which was celebrated by the aforementioned bishop with the distinguished clergy, and during the liturgy the most serene blessed princess stood with her godmother behind the right choir, near the imperial seat. At the end of the liturgy, h. I. V. , having descended from her seat, deigned to lead the blessed princess to venerate the holy icons and to receive holy communion of the holy mysteries of christ. . This morning her high princely serene highness the blessed princess of baden deigned to go out to church in a russian dress, the top of which was pink, and the under part was white, of silk material, in color. ". Date: circa 1795.
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