JEWELLERY THEATRE MAKES MEDALS
FOR THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL HOUSE
In 2014, Jewellery Theatre (www.jewellerytheatre.com) created an exclusive line of medals to be presented
by the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Wladimirovna, the Grand Master
of the Russian Imperial and Royal Orders, at the ceremony of the Imperial Order of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia.
The Imperial Order of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia for women was established on 20 August 2010.
(http://imperialhouse.ru/eng/dynastyhistory/honoursaward/2462.html)
The Order was established in honor of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia, the “Alleviatrix of Captives,”
who was executed for her Christian faith in the year 304 during the persecutions of the Emperor Diocletian,
and in memory of her namesake, the first Tsaritsa of the Romanoff family, Anastasia Romanovna
(1530 – Moscow, 7/20 August 1560), the life and fate of whom foreshadowed, by Divine Providence,
the royal service of Tsar Mikhail I Fedorovich and his descendants.
The establishment of the Order of St. Anastasia marked the 450th anniversary of the blessed repose
of the Righteous Tsaritsa Anastasia Romanovna (2010) and the 400th anniversary
of the Royal and Imperial House of Romanoff (2013).
The Order unites the faithful daughters of the Fatherland who have distinguished themselves
in the areas of charity, culture, medicine, education, science, and other endeavors useful to the nation and society,
and who now continue their noble deeds under the patronage of the Head of the Russian Imperial House.
The Order has one class and the medal of the Order is worn on a ribbon on the left side of the chest.
Dames of the Order enjoy the privileges of personal nobility.
The first decree awarding the Imperial Order of St. Anastasia were signed by the Head of the Russian Imperial House,
HIH Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna in St. Petersburg, June 29 / July 12, 2013, the feast day of Saint Apostles
Peter and Paul. On the same day after the Patriarchal service (carried out in the family vault of the Imperial House
of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg to celebrate the 400th anniversary of overcoming the Troubles,
the recovery of the Russian State and nationwide calling to the Kingdom of the Romanov Dynasty)
in the Metropolitan chambers of Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky-Lavra in the presence of His Holiness
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church,
the clergy of St. Petersburg Metropolia, and HIH Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna
carried out the first awards in the history of the Order.
(See Http://imperialhouse.ru/rus/allnews/news/2013/3618.html)
The medals of the Imperial Order of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia, made by Jewellery Theatre,
were created using silver with an 18K gold finish, enamelling and a garnet.
As with all Jewellery Theatre pieces, the devices were hand crafted with particular attention to detail.
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