 The Order was established in honor of the Holy Great Martyr Saint Anastasia and in memory of Tsaritsa Anastasia Romanovna.The Order of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia is granted to women, who have distinguished themselves in the areas of charity, culture, medicine, education, science, and other endeavors useful to the nation and society, and who now continue their noble deeds under the patronage of the Head of the Russian Imperial House.Anastasia is one of the main characters in the ballet "Ivan the Terrible" by choreographer Yuri Grigorovich with the music by Sergei Prokofiev, which premiered on February 20, 1975 at the Bolshoi Theatre, starring Yuri Vladimirov as Ivan IV and Natalia Bessmertnova as Anastasia.