The Cologne Cathedral houses the Shrine of the Three ... begins with the history of the Roman Catholic Church -- and an emperor's mother, who was an avid collector of holy relics.

Perhaps the patriarch simply meant a “life term” for the tsar-president ... blessing resounded on the evening of 7 May in the Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin, the tsars ...

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He died aged 53, in 1584, during a game of chess, and was interred at the Cathedral of the Archangel in the Russian capital. Having murdered his heir, Ivan Ivanonich, the tsar was succeeded his ...

Heritage Images//Getty Images The four daughters of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra ... Chapel at St Petersburg's St Peter and Paul Cathedral, which has served as a resting place for ...