Alexandra's letter with a copied-out prayer for Maria, year 1914

Source:

Olga Grigor'eva at lastromanovs on VK

https://vk.com/lastromanovs?w=wall-56510987_31313

The letter:

1914.

"Благослови венец леца, благости Твоея Господи." —

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"Богородице Дево, от видимого и невидимого зла сохрани мя, Пречистая, и приими молитвы моя и донеси я Сыну Твоему, да даст ми ум творити волю Его." —

Доброй Марии

от Мама. +

English translation (my own):

1914.

"Bless the crown of the head, O Lord, [with] Thy goodness." —

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"Virgin Mother of God, save me from visible and invisible evil, Most Pure One, and accept my prayer and convey it to Thy Son, may it give me the mind to do His will." —

For good Marie

from Mama. +

Above: Alexandra.

Above: Maria.

Alexandra's handmade prayer cards, 1917/1918

Source:

https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/4424731

Above: Alexandra.

Note: Regarding Alexandra's use of the swastika, this was years before the Nazis corrupted its use and meaning; and Alexandra used it as a good luck charm, it now has a completely and irrevocably opposite meaning.