church on the blood

It's a great milestone in shackling Russia in a new form of Soviet Union, but this time this will be an orthodox union. This churches now literally are building everywhere, few blocks away one to another. You'll see new church every ten minutes of walking thru Ekaterinburg, for example. And it's not even interesting and beautiful, cos orthodox clerics sucessfully got into government, kinda in medieval times.

Beautiful Church with lots of visitors, but scary because of what happened here. The whole Romanovs family was terribly killed in a very small room.

As a church & museum dedicated to the Tsar, his wife and five children assassinated on this spot, it is an historic, interesting and very somber place. I personally would have benefited from an English speaking guide, though my Russian colleague's sparse explanation was few in words her prayers and religious reverence also contributed to the homage substantially. There was a blessing taking place while we were there and we were able to partake which was lovely. Steeped in history one truly feels for the Romanov's and their tragic end while looking at the many family photographs and icons on the walls.Well worth a visit.

In my opinion this is just a nice, modern building, museum of Romanov family, but I wouldn't call it a church. You won't go there to pray. Don't except any sophisticated interior or holy icons of a real value. Tourist doesn't make this place more cosy. I would recommend instead Вознесенская церковь - which is 200 hundred meters from there, and the real example of Russian Barokko.

It is a wonderful and spiritual place like no other church i have ever entered. Lucky me, there was a ceremony when i went there, and although i did not understand the words but they were felt. It is a must-to-visit place

This was the site of the killing of the Tsar and his family. it's quite sombre to visit, beautiful building.

When our tour group visited the church, priests were holding a ceremony honoring emergency personnel. Crowded together in the center of the church, men in fire-fighters' uniforms appeared to be chanting along with the Russian Orthodox priests. Very interesting, quite somber. Also, very interesting black and white photos of the Romanovs are on display on the grounds outside the church.

Wanting to learn about this historic place we were excited to go visit. The church looks impressive from far, but as soon as you come closer you see the lack of attention to detail. Just 13 years after the construction there are already renovations needed and pieces of stone are falling off everywhere.Also the icons don't seem of very high quality in comparison to the ones we saw in St. Petersburg or Moscow.

If you can take an excursion, I would recommend it.It is very interesting to learn things about The Orthodox rules and about the Tsar's family's last days.There is a kiosk outside with non-meat, very tasty potato and other feelings pirozhki.

We were shown around this church on 08/09, by a very knowledgeable guide, who told us that this church was built on the site of the Ipatiev house, where the execution of Nicholas the Second (the last Russian Emperor) and his family took place. We were lead to believe that the Ipatiev house was demolished in 1977 on the orders of Boris Yeltsin (who was a former local politician) to stop it from becoming a shrine to the monarchists. Particularly poignant is that they have rebuilt the cellar room where the assassination took place in crypt of the church and that there is a stairway outside which has 23 steps, which are supposed to mirror the number of steps he walked down to the cellar along with the length of his reign?On the date of our visit, a film crew were filming a service in the crypt.

Beautiful and nicely located. Impressive dimensions of the monuments. Was unfortunately under renovations when we went.

Of course this building is brand new, build in 2005, but it contains memories of the tsar family, those innocent children murdered, symbol of the foolish humanity. The nowadays Russia wanted to build this Church to expiate the past, as it was possible to turn back.

Fascinating history and quite moving to realise you are standing in the same place as the Romanov family when they were assassinated . Would have liked longer there and a knowledgable tour guide to give an in depth insight into the history. Well worth visiting if you have the opportunity.

I learned a lot about the tragic history of the Romanovs while visiting this church. It's beautiful inside; it includes several shrines and a souvenir shop. Pictures are not allowed inside, but it's still definitely worth a visit.

There was a Tsar memorial ceremonies during the day I visited this place. Lots of people in nice traditional costume, some are selling food and souvenir.