The Finding of the honored relics of the Venerable right-believing Great Princess and Nun Anna of Kashin, Wonderworker

Commemorated on July 21.

The Holy right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin (Euphrosynē in monasticism) reposed on October 2, 1368.

On July 21, 1649, Archbishop Jonah of Kazan and some of the local clergy opened Saint Anna's tomb, and noticed that her relics were incorrupt. Several miracles of healing occurred at that time. The clergy and citizens of Kashin petitioned Tsar Alexei (reigned 1645-1676) to order an examination of Princess Anna's relics.

In 1650, a Council of the Russian Church met and decided to number Princess Anna among the Saints, ordering a Church Service to be composed for her, and that she be venerated throughout Russia. The solemn transfer of her relics from the wooden Dormition Cathedral to the stone Resurrection Cathedral took place on June 12, 1650.

In 1677 Patriarch Joachim proposed to the Moscow Council that Saint Anna's veneration throughout Russia should be discontinued because of the Old Believer Schism, which made use of her name for its own purposes. When she was buried, her hand was positioned to make the Sign of the Cross with two fingers, rather than three. Therefore, only her local veneration was permitted. However, the memory of Saint Anna, whom God had glorified, could not be erased by a decree. People continued to love and venerate her, and many miracles took place at her tomb.

Finally, the Church-wide veneration of Saint Anna was restored on June 12, 1909. During the Soviet period, however, the relics of Saint Anna were taken from the Cathedral and moved several times. Finally on June 25, 1993, her relics were returned to Kashin's Resurrection Cathedral.