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== Glorification ==
She was [[Glorification|glorified]] by the [[ROCOR|the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]] in 1981, and by the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] as a whole in 1992 as ''New-Martyr Elizabeth''. Her principal shrine in Russia is the [[Ss. Mary and Martha Convent]] she founded in Moscow. She is one of the 10 20th-century martyrs from across the world who are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Westminster_Abbey_C20th_martyrs.jpg depicted in statues above the Great West Door] of [http://www.westminster-abbey.org/tour/martyrs/4_elizabeth_of_russia.htm Westminster Abbey] in [[London]].
Her feast is celebrated on [[July 5]] (she was martyred on [[July 18]], according to the [[New Calendar]], which was [[July 5]] on the [[Julian Calendar|Old Calendar]]. She is also commemorated on the [[feast]] of the [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]], celebrated on the Sunday nearest to [[January 25]] (which was the date of the martyrdom of [[Hieromartyr Vladimir of Kiev|Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev]], the first of the new martyrs).