Today, a prayer service and blessing was held for a new sculpture of HIH Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia. Hieromonk Nikon (Belyavenets), Abbot of the Smolensk Zosimova Pustyn Monastery presided over the Litya and dedication in the presence of Grand Duke George and Princess Romanoff.
The bust depicts the Grand Duke in his Naval Uniform from the period between the Russo-Japanese War and the Revolution.
The sculpture will make its final home in the collection of the Vladimir Palace in St Petersburg, the Grand Duke’s childhood home. Since the revolution, the former Vladimir Palace has housed the prestigious House of Scientists, and its fine collection of paintings, sculpture, and porcelain, many of which belonged to the Grand Duke Vladimir and his family.
