Funeral of Empress Maria Fedorovna
Count Marcov attended the liturgy and re-burial of the remains of Empress Maria Fedorovna (St. Petersburg September 06)
   
After commemorative celebrations in Ukraine, Count Marcov moved to St. Petersburg for the re-burial ceremonies. He also paid a visit to Lazarevskoye cemetery where Count Arkady Ivanovich is buried and to the palace of Tsar Paul I. This Tsar played an important role in Marcov’s family as after the death of Katherine the Great the Marcovs lost much of their influence and had to move away from Moscow and St. Petersburg to their country estates in Podolia (Now Ukraine). Tsar Paul obsession with Katherine having a role in the death of her husband Tsar Peter made him replace virtually all the important officeholders of her mother’s administration. Arkady Ivanovich moved to Grushevtsy (old name Voitovtsy) near Letichev and sponsored the church of St. Varvara. Irakly Ivanovich moved to Kukavka together with his wife Countess von Munnich and the young serf Tropinin and sponsored the village church. Tropinin became one of the most famous romantic painters of Russia; many of his early works that now hang in the museums all over the world have been painted in Kukavka due to the exile of his master.
Tsar Paul's palace. Peterhoff
Religious ceremonies in St. Isaac (St Petersburg)
Family Kulikovsky-Romanoff with Count Marcov. Right: with Mrs. Olga Kulikovsky - Romanoff (widow of Prince Tikhon), Tatiana (daughter) and Sacha
Count Marcov in his capacity of Ambassador of the Kiev Noble Assembly and dressed in grand gala uniform had a momentous place in St. Isaac Cathedral, near the Holy Doors on the opposite side of the choir and very close to H.A.H. Patriarch Alexis II. There, he took a place after the Kulikovsky-Romanoff family. Mrs. Olga Kulikovsky-Romanoff is the widow of HIH the Prince Tikhon, son of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna (See Maria Fedorovna exile)
Taking the Holy communion from the hands of H.A.H. Patriach Alexis II.
Count Marcov was one of the few assistants to have Holy communion given directly by the Patriach of Moscow and all Russia.
Outside St. Isaac cathedral Count Marcov and Archpriest Father Lev Neroda who provided a priceless assistance. With Mrs Smirnova Financial Director of the Hotel that also cooperated in the preparations.
Count Marcov's photo collection of the re-burial of Empress Maria Fedorovna. Photos by courtesy of the daugther of Mrs. Olga Kulikovsky-Romanoff, Mrs. Tatiana Litle.
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