On August 20 (August 7 according to the Juliana Calendar) 2023, on the day when Tsaritsa Anastasia Romanovna is commemorated, the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi, part of the State Tretyakov Gallery, hosted a ceremony for the presentation of awards from the Head of the Imperial House of Russia to those who have rendered exemplary service to the nation and have made extraordinary achievements in their professional fields.
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After a thanksgiving prayer service (moleben) and commemorative service (litia) for Tsaritsa Anastasia Romanovna—which were served by the rector of the church, Archpriest Nikolai Sokolov—the head of the Department of International and Interregional Relations of the Chancellery of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, Prince V. O. Lopukhin, and the King of Arms and head of the Department of Heraldry in Chancellery of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, S. V. Dumin, presented on behalf of H.I.H. The Grand Duchess Maria of Russia the patents and insignia of the Imperial Order of the Holy Great-Martyr Anastasia the Alleviatrix of Captives to the newly-appointed dames of the Order, and also presented to several others present personal letters from the Head of the Russian Imperial House expressing her gratitude to those who have distinguished themselves in the fields of art, science, education, and philanthropy.
The ceremony took place before the holy and ancient Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.
A banquet followed the services and ceremony.
The sponsors of the ceremony: The NGO “Fund for the Support and Development of Education, Creativity, and Culture”; the Chancellery of the Head of the Imperial House of Russia; and the clergy of the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi of the State Tretyakov Gallery.
Further information and photos of the services and ceremony can be found here: 20-08-2023_Церемония награждения в Храме Св Николая в Толмачах / Облако Mail.ru.
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ORGANIZERS OF THE CEREMONY
Archpriest Nikolai Vladimirovich Sokolov – Rector of Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi of the State Tretyakov Gallery, organizer of and participant in numerous significant cultural, educational, charitable projects and Knight of the Imperial Military Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
Svetlana Iosifovna Sokolova – Head of the Choral Department of the State Tretyakov Gallery; organizer of and participant in numerous significant cultural, educational and charitable projects; wife of Archpriest Nikolai Sokolov, rector of the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi at the State Tretyakov Gallery; Dame of the Imperial Order of the Holy Great-Martyr Anastasia.
Prince Vadim Olegovich Lopukhin – Head of the Department of International and Interregional Relations of the Chancellery of the Head of the Imperial House of Russia; chief coordinator of official travels of the Head of the Russian Imperial House.
Stanislav Vladimirovich Dumin – King of Arms and head of the Department of Heraldry in the Chancellery of the Head of the Russian Imperial House; Chairman of the Knights’ Council of the Imperial Order of St. Anna.
Elena Valerievna Bayakhchian – Chair of the Board of the NGO “Fund for the Support and Development of Education, Creativity, and Culture”; organizer, coordinator, and participant in many significant cultural, educational and charitable projects; Dame of the Order of the Holy Great-Martyr Anastasia; principal coordinator of the ceremony.
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DAMES OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE HOLY GREAT-MARTYR ANASTASIA THE ALLEVIATRIX OF CAPTIVES
Svetlana Samuilovna Bachurina – Executive Secretary of the Expert Council for Construction, Building Materials, and Coordinated Building Projects of the State Duma Committee for Construction, Housing and Utilities; PhD in Economics; Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for Science and Technology; expert in the field of state planning, management and investment, and construction design; organizer, coordinator, and participant in numerous significant Federal and regional cultural, educational, and charitable projects, including those for the preservation and restoration of Orthodox holy sites and the reconstruction of historical settlements (and who, in 2023, celebrates her 70th birthday).
Galina Alexandrovna Vereina – full member of the Russian Nobility Association; Chair of the Bryansk Regional Branch of the Russian Nobility Association; participant in many significant cultural and charitable projects, including projects to recover historical memory and to preserve national traditions and Orthodox holy sites; journalist; scriptwriter; and director of the documentary “The Russian House in Paris.”
Nina Vasilievna Vorona – singer; Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation; soloist of the “Indian Summer” Ensemble; vocal teacher; jury member of several All-Russian and International Arts Competitions; expert in the field of performing arts; contributor to the study and preservation of Russian folk songs for more than 55 years; expert of the Russian Performing Arts Charitable Foundation; and participant in many significant cultural, educational, and charitable projects.
Kristina Georgievna Lebedyanskaya – Chair of the Board of the “Victory Style” Foundation for Cultural Education; art critic and art historian; member of the Association of Art Critics (AIS) of the All-Russian Organization of Art Historians and Art Critics; member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA); curator of the “Our Heritage” Art Gallery; organizer and curator of several significant exhibitions, including “Victory Style of the Era 1945-1955” and “The Vera Mukhina Theatre”; an active participant in numerous social and cultural projects.
Marina Olegovna Orlova – expert of the All-Russian category of breeds and tests of greyhounds; one of the leading specialists in Russia on the preservation and development of the traditions of Russian national dog hunting; breeder of Russian greyhounds (since 1977); recognized expert in breeding and testing greyhounds; participant in many significant cultural, educational and charitable projects.
Nadezhda Mikhailovna Orlova - active member of the Russian Nobility Association; member and Executive Secretary of the Council of the regional Moscow Nobility Assembly, member and Secretary of the Council of the Society of Descendants of Veterans of the Patriotic War of 1812; participant in many significant cultural, educational and charitable projects, including projects to restore historical memory and preserve Orthodox holy sites.
Nadezhda Valentinovna Ostolskaya – artist (painting, graphics, iconography); educator; member of the Union of Artists of Russia; member of specialized creative and artistic associations; organizer of unique Federal and regional art exhibitions; Laureat of a number of prominent art festival competitions and exhibitions; member of the Association of Artists of the Russian Nobility Association; creator of, and for more than 25 years the Director of, the children’s art studio “Nadezhda”; the organizer of and participant in many significant cultural, educational and charitable projects, including those dedicated to the study, restoration, and improvement of Orthodox holy places (2023 marks her 80th birthday).
Irina Nikolaevna Syagaeva – art historian and art critic; member of the Moscow Union of Artists; member of the International Confederation of Artists; expert specializing in poster art; Honoured Worker of Culture of the USSR; frequent jury member for the All-Russian and International Art Competitions, and for the International Delphic Games; participant in many significant cultural, educational and charitable projects (2023 marks her 70th birthday).
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THOSE WHO RECEIVED PERSONAL LETTERS FROM THE HEAD OF THE IMPERIAL HOUSE OF RUSSIA
Tatiana Nikolaevna Bokova – Deputy Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages of the Moscow City Pedagogical University; Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences; Associate Professor; Director of the Center for Organizational and Publishing Activities and International Cooperation of the Institute of Educational Development Strategy; Professor of the Russian Academy of Education; co-organizer of educational programs studying current issues in Russian and foreign education, theories, and methods of intercultural foreign language instruction; participant in many cultural and charitable projects.
Roman Nikolaevich Bubenov – Chairman of the Commission for the Development of an Information Society and Interaction with the Media of the Regional Community Chambers of the Novosibirsk Region; lawyer and legal expert; member of the Bar Association of Russia; member of the Commission on Pardons in the Office of the Governor of the Novosibirsk Region; an active participant in cultural, educational, and charitable projects.
Ilya Alexandrovich Bykov –Managing Partner of the SMARTIKA Group; on-air moderator of the programme “From Ideas to Action” on the TV Channel “Russian World”; an active participant in cultural, educational, and charitable projects.
Elena Anatolievna Kats – Director of the independent medical and biological school “Vita,” which she has headed for more than 10 years (the “Vita” School is one of the most popular specialized private schools in Moscow); a talented teacher and educational developer; finalist in the “Moscow Teacher of the Year” Competition; participant in a number of cultural and educational projects.
Anastasia Vladimirovna Polovnikova – Professor in the Department of Methods in the Teaching of History, Social Sciences, and Law of the Institute of Humanities of the Moscow City Pedagogical University; Candidate (PhD) of Pedagogical Sciences; Honoured Worker in the Field of Education of the Russian Federation; Veteran of Labour; participant and Laureate several times over of the International Competition of Scientific and Creative Works on the theme “Legal Culture: The Foundation for the Harmonious Development of the Individual and Society”; co-author of many theoretical and applied studies and publications; and participant in significant cultural and educational projects.
Peter Timofeevich Stronsky – President of the International Academy of Culture and Art; Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts; artist; member of the Moscow Union of Artists; member of the Union of Artists of Russia; People’s Artist of Russia; honorary citizen of the city of Risnovce (Slovakia); organizer of and participant in many significant cultural exhibitions, and Federal, regional, and international educational and charitable projects; co-organizer, curator, and participant in the exhibition and exhibition book “The Russian North”; expert and participant in projects to preserve the national cultural heritage of Russia.
Anton Iurievich Fedoseev – founder of the “Victory Style” Foundation for Cultural Education; art critic; curator of the “Our Heritage Gallery”; collector, philanthropist, organizer and curator of several significant exhibition projects, including “Victory Style of the era 1945-1955” and “The Vera Mukhina Theatre”; collaborator on various projects with the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, and the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War; and participant in numerous cultural and educational projects.
Antonina Viktorovna Tsitsulina – founder and President of the Industry Association of Children’s Products; President of the Association of Children’s Toymakers of Russia; member of the President’s Council for the Implementation of State Policy for the Protection of Families and Children; member of the Working Groups “Childhood Safety” and “Childhood Infrastructure” of the Joint Governmental Council for the Celebration of the “Decade of the Child in Russia”; member of the Community Council of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia; member of the Working Group for Compliance Assessment under the Government of the Russian Federation; and participant in many cultural and educational projects.
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GUESTS ATTENDING THE SERVICES AND CEREMONY
Mikhail Nikolaevich Avvakumov – graphic artist, poster artist, and recognized expert in the field of the arts; Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts; Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation; member of the Union of Artists of Russia; member of the Presidium of the Governing Board of the Moscow Union of Artists; jury member of several All-Russian and International Arts Competitions; Chairman of the Jury for Nominations in the “Fine Arts” category of the Delphic games; jury member for many other arts competitions and exhibitions; and participant in many significant cultural and educational projects.
Prince Grigory Grigorievich Gagarin – Chairman of the Moscow Regional Nobility Association; member of the Council of the United Nobility of the Russian Nobility Association; representative of the Russian Nobility Association to the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society.
Grigory Anatolievich Gaponov – Vice President of the non-profit organization “International Alliance of Strategic Projects BRICS”; member of the Russian Society for Military History; honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts; member of the Association of Art Critics (AIS); assistant member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Director and co-founder of the Museum and Art Gallery of the artist Pavel Gerontievich Yakubovsky (1891-1945) in Novosibirsk; expert at the Community Chamber in the Novosibirsk Region.
Archpriest Oleg Mikhailovich Egorov – rector of the Church of St. Basil the Confessor “at the Rogozhsky Gatehouse”; dean of the Pokrovsky deanery.
Igor Gennadievich Ivanov – photographer of the Church of St. Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus’ in Chertanovo.
Alexander Iurievich Korolev-Pereleshin – Advisor to the Chancellery of the Head of the Imperial House of Russia for Relations and Cooperation with the Russian Orthodox Church; Secretary of the Knights’ Council of the Imperial Order of St. Anna; First Vice-Chairman of the Russian Nobility Association; Coordinator for public and interregional relations of the Russian Nobility Association.
Guram Alexandrovich Pliev – Deputy Director of the Institute of Foreign Languages of Moscow State Pedagogical University; Candidate (PhD) of Pedagogical Sciences; participant in many cultural and educational projects.
Alexander Ilich Savenkov – Director of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of the Moscow State Pedagogical University; Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences; Doctor of Psychological Sciences; professor and recognized expert in the field of education; creator of the scientific school of thought known as the “Psychology of Giftedness and Creativity”; organizer of and participant in many significant cultural and educational projects and author of a large number of academic studies.
Margarita Stanislavovna Shpitalnaya – participant in numerous public art and other cultural projects.