was continued by his children and great grand-children, who reigned there for about six centuries: from Yaroslav the Wise, who made the first step towards the independent Russian Church, to King Feodor Ioanovitsh.





The feast in honor of Saint Prince Vladimir was set up by Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky after May 15, 1240, when the prayer of Saint Vladimir helped him to defeat the army of Swedish crusaders.









Source:Nina Hamnett

Nina Hamnett (14 February 1890 – 16 December 1956) was a Welsh artist and writer, and an expert on sailors' chanteys, who became known as the Queen of Bohemia.

Early life 
Hamnett was born in Shirley House, Picton Road in the small coastal town of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales.  Her father George Hamnett was an army officer, born in Chennai (formerly Madras), India.  Her mother Mary was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Nina was sent to a private boarding school at Westgate-on-Sea before moving on aged 12, to the Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army in Bath, Somerset from 1902 to 1905. Her father was dishonourable discharged from the army and he took work as a taxi driver. Her education had to