Abstract
In April, 1939, ten women — daughters of Russian refugees — travelled to London for what was intended to be a stay of between one and two years. In Belgrade they had lived in student accommodation, the ‘Society for the Assistance to Former Pupils of the Kharkov Institute of the Empress Maria Feodorovna’ which was run by Maria Alexeevna Nekludova. While in London, they would study English and also sing in English at Divine Liturgy served by Archimandrite Nicholas Gibbes, former English tutor to the Russian Royal Family. This is the story of what happened to those women and how the Second World War impacted their future lives. The Choir Director was Maria Rodzianko, wife of Fr Vladimir Rodzianko, who in later years was appointed by Bishop Nicholai (Velimirovich) to be a priest in London.
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