Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow leads the ceremony in the crypt of the Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark, Friday, Sept. 22, 2006. The ceremony precedes a memorial service for Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the Danish-born wife of Russia's Czar Alexander III, at the cathedral on Saturday. Danish Queen Margrethe and members of the royal family, members of the Romanov family and representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church will be present. The Czarina will be moved from the cathedral in Denmark and reburied in St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Tariq Mikkel Khan, Polfoto, Pool)
A Russian Orthodox priest blesses the remains of Empress Maria Fyodorovna outside the Alexander Nevsky Church in Copenhagen September 23, 2006. The remains of the empress will be reburied in a crypt next to that of Alexander III in the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St Petersburg on September 28. REUTERS/Bob Strong (DENMARK)
A coffin bearing the remains of Empress Maria Fyodorovna, mother of Russia's last tsar, arrives to the Russian Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Church in Petrodvorets, some 20 km (12 miles) from St.Petersburg, September 26, 2006. The remains of the empress will be reburied in a crypt next to that of Alexander III in the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St Petersburg on September 28. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA)
A coffin bearing the remains of Empress Maria Fyodorovna, mother of Russia's last tsar, arrives to the Russian Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Church in Petrodvorets, some 12 miles from St. Petersburg, September 26, 2006. (Alexander Demianchuk - RUSSIA/Reuters)
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Russian police officers stand guard as a wooden casket with the remains of Czarina Maria Feodorovna is taken into the St. Isaac's Cathedral for a funeral ceremony in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006.(AP Photo/Ivan Secretarev)
Russian and Danish guards carry a wooden casket with remains of Czarina Maria Feodorovna during a funeral ceremony in the St. Isaac's Cathedral, the principal church of the Romanov dynasty, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II on Thursday led burial ceremonies for Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the Danish-born empress whose remains are to be interred in her adopted land 78 years after her death. Maria Feodorovna was the mother of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. She went into exile in Denmark in 1919 and died in 1928. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary seen before a funeral ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in the St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Ivan Secretarev)
Orthodox clergymen hold a mourning ceremony at the coffin of Empress Maria Fyodorovna, the wife of Tsar Alexander III and mother of Russia's last monarch, Nicholas II, in St. Isaac's cathedral in St. Petersburg, September 28, 2006. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA)
A funeral ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna is held in the St. Isaac's Cathedral, the principal church of the Romanov dynasty, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, center, seen during a funeral ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna is held in the St. Isaac's Cathedral, the principal church of the Romanov dynasty, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006.AP Photo)
Orthodox Patriarch Alexiy II (L) leads a mourning ceremony at the coffin of Empress Maria Fyodorovna, the wife of Tsar Alexander III and mother of Russia's last monarch, Nicholas II, in St. Isaac's cathedral in St. Petersburg September 28, 2006. The Empress was to be laid to rest next to her family on Thursday, as Russia tries to make peace with its dark past. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA)
A wooden casket with the remains of Czarina Maria Feodorovna is carried out from the St. Isaac's Cathedral after a funeral ceremony in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006.(AP Photo/Ivan Secretarev)
People enter the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress for a burial ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006.(AP Photo/Ivan Secretarev)
Russian and Danish honor guards carry a coffin with remains of Czarina Maria Feodorovna during burial ceremonies at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II on Thursday led burial ceremonies for Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the Danish-born empress whose remains are to be interred in her adopted land 78 years after her death. Maria Feodorovna was the mother of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. She went into exile in Denmark in 1919 and died in 1928. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)
Russian and Danish guards carry a wooden casket with remains of Czarina Maria Feodorovna during a burial ceremony in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006.(AP Photo/Interpress, Dmitri Timofeyev, Pool)
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II enters the Cathedral for a burial ceremony of Czarina Maria Feodorovna in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II on Thursday led burial ceremonies for Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the Danish-born empress whose remains are to be interred in her adopted land 78 years after her death. Maria Feodorovna was the mother of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. She went into exile in Denmark in 1919 and died in 1928. (AP Photo/Interpress, Dmitri Timofeyev, Pool)
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, left, seen during a burial ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)
Orthodox Patriarch Alexiy II (2nd L) leads a burial prayer for Empress Maria Fyodorovna in the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg September 28, 2006. Russia buried the mother of its last tsar on Thursday, ending her nearly 90 years of exile, in an act of reconciliation with the country's bloody past. REUTERS/Dmitry Lovetsky/Pool (RUSSIA)
Dmitry Romanov, right, and Nikolai Romanov, left, stand during a burial ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II on Thursday led burial ceremonies for Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the Danish-born empress whose remains are to be interred in her adopted land 78 years after her death. Maria Feodorovna was the mother of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. She went into exile in Denmark in 1919 and died in 1928. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)
Coffin with remains of Czarina Maria Feodorovna is lowered in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006.Fourth right is Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)
Orthodox Patriarch Alexiy II (C) throws soil on the coffin of Empress Maria Fyodorovna in the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg September 28, 2006. REUTERS/Dmitry Timofeyev/Pool (RUSSIA)
Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary seen during a burial ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006.AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)
Dmitry Romanov, left, and Nikolai Romanov, second left, stand at the tomb of Czarina Maria Feodorovna during a burial ceremony in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II on Thursday led burial ceremonies for Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the Danish-born empress whose remains are to be interred in her adopted land 78 years after her death. Maria Feodorovna was the mother of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. She went into exile in Denmark in 1919 and died in 1928. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)
Dmitry Romanov, right, and Olga Romanov cross themselves at the tomb of Czarina Maria Feodorovna during a burial ceremony in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II on Thursday led burial ceremonies for Czarina Maria Feodorovna, the Danish-born empress whose remains are to be interred in her adopted land 78 years after her death. Maria Feodorovna was the mother of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. She went into exile in Denmark in 1919 and died in 1928. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)
St.Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko bows as Dmitry Romamov, center left, and Nikolai Romanov, center right, stand during a burial ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool)
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