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Saint Anna of Kashin, the blessed princess, daughter of the Rostov prince Dmitry Borisovich, became the wife of the holy blessed Grand Prince Michael Yaroslavich of Tver in 1294. After the suffering death of her husband in 1318, Anna withdrew to the Tver Sophia Monastery, and later to the Kashin Assumption Monastery. She peacefully departed to the Lord on October 2, 1368.
The sons of Saint Anna, Dmitry Mikhailovich and Alexander Mikhailovich, repeated the martyric feat of their father, both being killed in the Horde.
Miracles at the grave of Saint Anna began in 1611, when she appeared to the monk Gerasimus of the Assumption Cathedral and prayed for the deliverance of the city from the invaders.
At the Council of 1649, it was decided to open her relics for public veneration and to include her in the ranks of the saints of the Russian Church. In 1677, Patriarch Joachim raised the question of abolishing her veneration. In 1909, a second glorification occurred, and a universal celebration was established.
Saint Anna of Kashin passed away on October 2, 1368. Her relics were discovered on July 21, 1649, and the solemn transfer from the wooden Assumption Cathedral to the stone Resurrection Cathedral took place on June 12, 1650.
