On 12th July 2026, on the day of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, a new bust-monument to Emperor Nicholas II was unveiled and consecrated in the Russian city of Samara. The marble bust of the Holy Tsar-Passion-Bearer on a granite pedestal were installed on Kuibyshev Square opposite the Samara Diocesan Administration.
The ceremony began with a Divine Liturgy, followed by the rite of consecration, which were performed by Metropolitan Theodosius of Samara and Novokuybyshevsk.
Prominent guests included Boris Korchevnikov, General Director of the Spas TV channel; TV presenter Pavel Astakhov; as well as Ekaterina Matveeva, Minister of Tourism of the Samara Region, and Tatyana Shestopalova, Head of the Department of Culture and Youth Policy of the Samara Administration.
Also present during the solemn ceremony were representatives of the Samara Provincial Noble Assembly, clergymen of the Samara Diocese, parishioners and local residents.
The opening of the monument to the Holy Passion-Bearer was timed to coincide with both the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, and the day marking the 122nd anniversary of the Emperor’s visit to Samara on 12th July 1904. It was on this day, that Nicholas II prayed in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (demolished in 1930) and blessing the soldiers who went to the Russo-Japanese War.
Two plaques on the siders of the pedestal depict quotes from the Emperor: “To My spiritual gaze I clearly see a calm, healthy and strong Russia, faithful to its historical precepts, happy with the love of its grateful sons, proud of their selfless devotion to Our Throne” (1914) and “In Samara… he went on horseback to inspect the troops. Everyone introduced themselves perfectly… The order was exemplary” (1904).
Nicholas II 
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