Canonization of the Romanovs

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Family
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Family
	Icon of the Romanov Tsar family
Royal Martyrs, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Family (ROCOR); Royal Passion-Bearers, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Family (Moscow Patriarchate)
Born	18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 (Nicholas II); 6 June [O.S. 25 May] 1872 (Alexandra); 15 November [O.S. 3 November] 1895 (Olga); 10 June [O.S. 29 May] 1897 (Tatiana); 26 June [O.S. 14 June] 1899 (Maria); 18 June [O.S. 5 June] 1901 (Anastasia); 12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 (Alexei); Peterhof, Russia;; New Palace, Darmstadt, Hesse, German Empire; (Tsarina Alexandra)
Died	17 July 1918; Yekaterinburg, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Venerated in	Russian Orthodox Church; Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia; Greek Orthodox Church; Serbian Orthodox Church; Antiochian Orthodox Church; Romanian Orthodox Church; Bulgarian Orthodox Church; Russian Catholic Church
Canonized	1981 (ROCOR) and 2000 (Moscow Patriarchate), United States and Russia by Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate
Major shrine	Church on Blood, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Feast	17 July [O.S. 4 July]

The canonization of the Romanovs (also called "glorification" in the Russian Orthodox Church) was the elevation to sainthood of the last Imperial Family of Russia – Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei – by the Russian Orthodox Church.

The family was killed by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918 at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg.^[4] The house was later demolished. The Church on Blood was built on this site, and the altar stands over the execution site.^[5]