On the day of the Exaltation of the Cross, a monument to Empress Maria Alexandrovna by Alexei Komov and Denis Stritovich was unveiled in Livadia .
"How I regret that I cannot be with you tomorrow, at the consecration of our dear church, I hope that you will pray, especially you, Sergei, as the eldest, may the Lord send his grace upon the newly consecrated church. I am very glad that the first holidays after the consecration will be the commemoration of the coronation of the Pope and the day of his Angel, that is, the days when people especially pray for him!", - Empress Maria Alexandrovna will write to her sons Sergei and Pavel.
We are talking about the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Livadia, beloved by the Empress. The temple will be the fruit of the creative tandem of the Empress and the architect Ippolit Monighetti . Today, the Mariinsky map of Russia has been replenished with another object in Livadia, preserving the memory of Empress Maria Alexandrovna.
I sincerely congratulate everyone involved in the creation of this gift for the 200th anniversary of Empress Maria Alexandrovna!