Ivan Dmitriyevich Sednev was born in Uglich, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Having joined the Russian Navy he was eventually assigned duty on the Imperial yacht of Tsar Nicholas II, "The Standard." Tsarina Alexandra personally selected trusted sailors as permanent body guards for her children, following the Imperial Family wherever they went. Upon a recommendation from his fellow sailor, Klementy Grigorovich Nagorny, Sednev was appointed footman and body guard to the 4 Grand Duchesses. He enjoyed a close relationship with the Imperial Family. In 1912 when his daughter Tamara was born, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna became her Godmother. His nephew Lenka (Leonid) had also become a kitchen boy under Ivan Kharitonov, the Imperial Family's chef, and was the only survivor of the Ipatiev House, having been sent away shortly before the Imperial Family's execution. It is said that Lenka was so close to the Tsarevich that Alexei would not sit for dinner until Lenka came to the table to join him.
Following the abdication of Nicholas II and subsequent arrest of the Imperial Family, Nagorny and Sedev chose to follow them into exile and imprisonment. There were many occasions on which he was outspoken about the treatment inflicted on the children and the family. While imprisoned in Yekaterinburg at the Ipatiev House, "the house of special purpose," Nagorny and Sedev strongly objected when Bolshevik commissaries snatched from Alexei his neck chain with icons on it. For this they were removed from the house and charged with betraying the cause of the revolution. They were shot in the back in the woods behind the railway station and left where they fell.
When White Army forces overtook Yekaterinburg the half decayed bodies of Nagorny and Sedev were buried in a cemetery near the Church of All Who Sorrow. Later Soviet authorities demolished the church and a city park was built over the cemetery.
Both Nagorny and Sedev were Glorified (canonized) as Saints, Martyrs of the Revolution, by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) on 14 November 1981. The Moscow Patriarchate has not yet recognized their Glorification.
Following the abdication of Nicholas II and subsequent arrest of the Imperial Family, Nagorny and Sedev chose to follow them into exile and imprisonment. There were many occasions on which he was outspoken about the treatment inflicted on the children and the family. While imprisoned in Yekaterinburg at the Ipatiev House, "the house of special purpose," Nagorny and Sedev strongly objected when Bolshevik commissaries snatched from Alexei his neck chain with icons on it. For this they were removed from the house and charged with betraying the cause of the revolution. They were shot in the back in the woods behind the railway station and left where they fell.
When White Army forces overtook Yekaterinburg the half decayed bodies of Nagorny and Sedev were buried in a cemetery near the Church of All Who Sorrow. Later Soviet authorities demolished the church and a city park was built over the cemetery.
Both Nagorny and Sedev were Glorified (canonized) as Saints, Martyrs of the Revolution, by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) on 14 November 1981. The Moscow Patriarchate has not yet recognized their Glorification.
Ivan Dmitriyevich Sednev was born in Uglich, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Having joined the Russian Navy he was eventually assigned duty on the Imperial yacht of Tsar Nicholas II, "The Standard." Tsarina Alexandra personally selected trusted sailors as permanent body guards for her children, following the Imperial Family wherever they went. Upon a recommendation from his fellow sailor, Klementy Grigorovich Nagorny, Sednev was appointed footman and body guard to the 4 Grand Duchesses. He enjoyed a close relationship with the Imperial Family. In 1912 when his daughter Tamara was born, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna became her Godmother. His nephew Lenka (Leonid) had also become a kitchen boy under Ivan Kharitonov, the Imperial Family's chef, and was the only survivor of the Ipatiev House, having been sent away shortly before the Imperial Family's execution. It is said that Lenka was so close to the Tsarevich that Alexei would not sit for dinner until Lenka came to the table to join him.
Following the abdication of Nicholas II and subsequent arrest of the Imperial Family, Nagorny and Sedev chose to follow them into exile and imprisonment. There were many occasions on which he was outspoken about the treatment inflicted on the children and the family. While imprisoned in Yekaterinburg at the Ipatiev House, "the house of special purpose," Nagorny and Sedev strongly objected when Bolshevik commissaries snatched from Alexei his neck chain with icons on it. For this they were removed from the house and charged with betraying the cause of the revolution. They were shot in the back in the woods behind the railway station and left where they fell.
When White Army forces overtook Yekaterinburg the half decayed bodies of Nagorny and Sedev were buried in a cemetery near the Church of All Who Sorrow. Later Soviet authorities demolished the church and a city park was built over the cemetery.
Both Nagorny and Sedev were Glorified (canonized) as Saints, Martyrs of the Revolution, by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) on 14 November 1981. The Moscow Patriarchate has not yet recognized their Glorification.
Following the abdication of Nicholas II and subsequent arrest of the Imperial Family, Nagorny and Sedev chose to follow them into exile and imprisonment. There were many occasions on which he was outspoken about the treatment inflicted on the children and the family. While imprisoned in Yekaterinburg at the Ipatiev House, "the house of special purpose," Nagorny and Sedev strongly objected when Bolshevik commissaries snatched from Alexei his neck chain with icons on it. For this they were removed from the house and charged with betraying the cause of the revolution. They were shot in the back in the woods behind the railway station and left where they fell.
When White Army forces overtook Yekaterinburg the half decayed bodies of Nagorny and Sedev were buried in a cemetery near the Church of All Who Sorrow. Later Soviet authorities demolished the church and a city park was built over the cemetery.
Both Nagorny and Sedev were Glorified (canonized) as Saints, Martyrs of the Revolution, by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) on 14 November 1981. The Moscow Patriarchate has not yet recognized their Glorification.
