samedi 8 juin 2024

šŸ”„ Un mariage impĆ©rial russe Ć  l'horizon : Rebecca Bettarini se convertit Ć  l'orthodoxie russe

Photographie du grand-duc Georges MikhaĆÆlovitch de Russie et de Victoria Romanovna Bettarini (c) Maison impĆ©riale russe

Du 11 au 13 juillet 2020, le grand-duc Georges MikhaĆÆlovitch de Russie et Rebecca Bettarini ont visitĆ© Saint-PĆ©tersbourg. Le 12 juillet, jour de la fĆŖte des saints apĆ“tres Pierre et Paul, le couple a assistĆ© Ć  la Divine Liturgie dans la cathĆ©drale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul. La liturgie a Ć©tĆ© cĆ©lĆ©brĆ©e par Son Ɖminence le mĆ©tropolite Varsonofii de Saint-PĆ©tersbourg, accompagnĆ© d'autres membres du clergĆ©.

Le grand-duc Georges MikhaĆÆlovitch et Victoria Romanovna Photographie avec l'aimable autorisation de Victoria Romanovna 
Photographie avec l'aimable autorisation de Victoria Romanovna 
Photographie avec l'aimable autorisation de Victoria Romanovna
Photographie avec l'aimable autorisation de Victoria Romanovna
Photographie avec l'aimable autorisation de Victoria Romanovna
Photographie avec l'aimable autorisation de Victoria Romanovna 
Photographie avec l'aimable autorisation de Victoria Romanovna
Victoria Romanovna avec l'icƓne de la sainte martyre Victoria de Rome, qui lui a ƩtƩ offerte lors de sa conversion. Photographie avec l'aimable autorisation de Victoria Romanovna

Avant le dĆ©but de la liturgie, lā€™archiprĆŖtre Alexandre Tkachenko a cĆ©lĆ©brĆ© le rite de chrismation pour Rebecca Bettarini, directrice de la Fondation impĆ©riale russe, qui dans la Sainte Orthodoxie a pris le nom de Victoria Romanovna. Victoria a dĆ©clarĆ© : Ā« Jā€™ai Ć©tĆ© extrĆŖmement Ć©mue pendant la cĆ©rĆ©monie. Mon seul regret est que ni la grande-duchesse ni mes parents nā€™aient pu prendre lā€™avion pour assister Ć  la cĆ©rĆ©monie en raison de la situation du COVID-19. Ā»

Photographie de la communion du grand-duc Georges MikhaĆÆlovitch de Russie (c) Maison impĆ©riale russe
Victoria Romanovna Bettarini prend une photo de la Sainte Communion (c) Maison impƩriale russe

Le grand-duc Georges de Russie et Victoria Romanovna Bettarini ont ensuite reƧu la Sainte Communion. Son Ɖminence le mĆ©tropolite Barsonofii a ensuite offert Ć  Victoria Romanovna une icĆ“ne de sa patronne cĆ©leste, la sainte martyre Victoria de Rome.

Le grand-duc Georges MikhaĆÆlovitch et Victoria Romanovna Bettarini visitent le nouveau mausolĆ©e. Photographie (c) Maison impĆ©riale russe
Le grand-duc Georges MikhaĆÆlovitch et Victoria Romanovna Bettarini visitent le nouveau mausolĆ©e. Photographie (c) Maison impĆ©riale russe
Thereafter, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich, Victoria Romanovna Bettarini, and those accompanying them went to the New Mausoleum at the Cathedral of Ss. Peter and Paul, where Archpriest Alexander Tkachenko and Protodeacon Andrei Levin served a Litiya, or commemorative service, for Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich and Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich and Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, and Grand Duke Alexander Vladimirovich (all of whom, except for the wife of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, are buried in the New Mausoleum).
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini at the Church of St. Martin the Confessor

In preparation for being received into Holy Orthodoxy, Rebecca Bettarini received religious instruction under the direction of His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America. This religious instruction took place in San Francisco, California. The day before their arrival in St. Petersburg, Grand Duke George and Rebecca Bettarini visited the Church of St. Martin the Confessor in Moscow, where her final session preparing her for Chrismation and Confession took place.

Victoria Romanovna Bettarini Photograph Courtesy of Victoria

Victoria Romanovna (Rebecca Virginia) Bettarini is the daughter of His Excellency Roberto Bettarini (b.Taranto 5 May 1947) and Carla Virginia Cacciatore. Mr. Bettarini an Italian diplomat who has served as the Italian Ambassador to Zaire, Iraq, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Rebecca Bettarini attended the Libera UniversitĆ  Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli in Rome, where she received a bachelorā€™s degree in political science. She then went on to attain a masterā€™s degree in development economics and international development from the SocietĆ  Italiana Organizzazione Internazionale in Rome. Rebecca Bettarini serves as the Director of the Russian Imperial Foundation.

The Romanovs and Bettarinis in Moscow, March 2020.
In March 2020, Grand Duke George of Russia and Rebecca Bettarini attended services in Moscow to celebrate Georgeā€™s thirty-ninth birthday. The pair were joined by their parents: Prince Franz Wilhelm (Michael Pavlovich) of Prussia with his second wife Princess Nadia and Mr. Roberto Bettarini and his wife Carla.

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Victoria Romanovna Bettarini have been in a relationship for almost a decade. An engagement has not been announced.

May God Bless Victoria Romanovna!

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