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Cross from Czar seeks place in Cedar Rapids history
A heavy Russian Orthodox pectoral cross and chain, said to pass through Nicholas II to the Czars family, surfaced with Father Alexander George of St. John’s Orthodox Church in Cedar Rapids. The relic’s tale links Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Byzantine custom, and a blessing misunderstanding. It traces to the Czarina and cites Nicholas II’s reign, reforms, wars, and eventual 1918 murder with his family.
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Cedar Rapids
Alexander George
St. John’s
7Th St. SE
Nicholas II
George
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Jesus of Nazareth
Order of Pilates
Jesus
God
Christ
Russia
Alexander III
Alice
Princess of
Hesse-Darmstadt
Alexandra Fyodorovna
Victoria
Nicholas
Nickolai Lenin
Tsarskoye Selo
Tobolsk
Siberia
Ekaterinburg
Sverdlovsk