⭐ ⏰ Eine russische Zarenhochzeit steht bevor: Rebecca Bettarini konvertiert zur russischen Orthodoxie

Großherzog Georgi Michailowitsch von Russland und Victoria Romanowna Bettarini Foto (c) Russisches Kaiserhaus

Vom 11. bis 13. Juli 2020 besuchten Großherzog Georgi Michailowitsch von Russland und Rebecca Bettarini Sankt Petersburg. Am 12. Juli, dem Festtag der Heiligen Apostel Petrus und Paulus, nahm das Paar an der Göttlichen Liturgie in der Peter-und-Paul-Kathedrale teil. Die Liturgie wurde von Seiner Eminenz Metropolit Varsonofii von Sankt Petersburg zusammen mit anderen Geistlichen geleitet.

Großherzog Georgi Michailowitsch und Victoria Romanowna. Foto mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Victoria Romanowna.

Foto mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Victoria Romanovna

Victoria Romanovna mit der Ikone der heiligen Märtyrerin Victoria von Rom, die Victoria Romanovna bei ihrer Bekehrung geschenkt wurde. Foto mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Victoria Romanovna

Bevor die Liturgie begann, führte Erzpriester Alexander Tkachenko die Chrismation für Rebecca Bettarini durch, die Direktorin der Russischen Kaiserlichen Stiftung, die in der Heiligen Orthodoxie den Namen Victoria Romanovna annahm. Victoria erklärte: „ Ich war während der Zeremonie äußerst bewegt. Mein einziges Bedauern war, dass weder die Großherzogin noch meine Eltern aufgrund der COVID-19-Situation fliegen konnten, um an der Zeremonie teilzunehmen. “

Großfürst Georgi Michailowitsch von Russland nimmt die heilige Kommunion. Foto (c) Russisches Kaiserhaus

Victoria Romanovna Bettarini nimmt die heilige Kommunion. Foto (c) Russisches Kaiserhaus

Anschließend empfingen Großfürst Georg von Russland und Victoria Romanovna Bettarini die heilige Kommunion. Seine Eminenz Metropolit Varsonofii überreichte Victoria Romanovna anschließend eine Ikone ihrer himmlischen Schutzpatronin, der heiligen Märtyrerin Victoria von Rom.

Großherzog Georgi Michailowitsch und Viktoria Romanowna Bettarini besuchen das neue Mausoleum. Foto (c) Russisches Kaiserhaus

Thereafter, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich, Victoria Romanovna Bettarini, and those accompanying them went to the New Mausoleum at the Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul, where Archpriest Alexander Tkachenko and Protodeacon Andrei Levin served a Litiya, or commemorative service, for Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich and Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, and Grand Duke Alexander Vladimirovich (all of whom, except for the wife of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, are buried in the New Mausoleum).

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini at the Church of St. Martin the Confessor

In preparation for being received into Holy Orthodoxy, Rebecca Bettarini received religious instruction under the direction of His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America. This religious instruction took place in San Francisco, California. The day before their arrival in St. Petersburg, Grand Duke George and Rebecca Bettarini visited the Church of St. Martin the Confessor in Moscow, where her final session preparing her for Chrismation and Confession took place.

Victoria Romanovna Bettarini Photograph Courtesy of Victoria

Victoria Romanovna (Rebecca Virginia) Bettarini is the daughter of His Excellency Roberto Bettarini (b.Taranto 5 May 1947) and Carla Virginia Cacciatore. Mr. Bettarini an Italian diplomat who has served as the Italian Ambassador to Zaire, Iraq, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Rebecca Bettarini attended the Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli in Rome, where she received a bachelor’s degree in political science. She then went on to attain a master’s degree in development economics and international development from the Società Italiana Organizzazione Internazionale in Rome. Rebecca Bettarini serves as the Director of the Russian Imperial Foundation.

The Romanovs and Bettarinis in Moscow, March 2020.

In March 2020, Grand Duke George of Russia and Rebecca Bettarini attended services in Moscow to celebrate George’s thirty-ninth birthday. The pair were joined by their parents: Prince Franz Wilhelm (Michael Pavlovich) of Prussia with his second wife Princess Nadia and Mr. Roberto Bettarini and his wife Carla.

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini have been in a relationship for almost a decade. An engagement has not been announced.

May God Bless Victoria Romanovna!