New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-02
Tho lybe, rIe,,csl ber,, ehy formed from the monks
copsisrs Of te Metropolis. o. 'De AIenn,ssoP tso

copsisrs OF tte Met,opol,. 6. The Archbishop th
Bihop. tho Ignuen. or hbbf, &c. Inc Titles Of sb
white hierarchy Protoprcs.. 'ol, Slppiiue,n'
Deans Preshytcrs Pfo'cdeac0ns, Deacs '' '""ie"'o
and Common Priest.
/ Any one who takes m0nastc orders mus fe,.iF'
/ The pernisson OF The Synod The men must b. ,Nirp
years Of ngc--wcmcu forty. II the Candidates beo,'
to the taxed class that ~ II they burghers, peas
their special superior.
Married penop1 or those not divorced, cann0. take
orders unless both parties do IT, aud wheH there
children under age
One can leave the order by permission q the supe-
riors aud return 10 The social class 10 which he be-
longed before. For seven years however, he cannot
live in tie county where be Monk, in either
OF the two capitals.
Monks are exempted fron military service, from the
cApitatifn tex. and from CoFpOreel unshment They
cannot own villages of seris, carry on trade.
Tie order of the white clety can be ertered by any
one with the exception OF serfs. The wives and csl
dren of the clergy enjoy the privileges OF this cass
though they may personally belong to lover order'
Thus the children Of priests with few exceptions. are
hot obliged TO look for another social position They
are exempt from military service
priest ean abandon his vocation and return to
worldly life by the permission of the synod "a Roman
Catholic priest never cam such one returns 20 'ne
social Glass to which he previously belonged, but he
cannot enter the public service until ten years after
his remuneration.
In all religious and disciplinary affairs the clergy
subject 10 and judged by their hierarchy. In civil
matters the case comes before the civil court assisted
By deputy clergyman. Deacon and common priests
are not liable 70 corporal punishment. Clergymen
cannot own estates or serfs except when they are
born mobiles are decorated with distinction b.
slowing nobility. They can own houses in cities, and
farms in villages but they cannot carry ON trade II
tie children Of ckrgymen enter the military or civil
service they enjoy the privileges conferred on the
children Of personal nobl
Tie Roman Catholic md the Greeco-Armenan
clergy enjoy the legal privileges the orthodox
Each possesses its own special hierarchy, whose de-
cigions must be confirmed by the sovereign. The
Protestant clergy which consists principally, OF LII
tlerns and Calyinists, have hierarchy according 10
their own special organization. Those wishing to be
ordained are obliged 10 60 through whole course OF
Protestant theological studies IN one OF the RUSSIAN
Universities and then TO pass an examination before
their own superiors No one can be q preacher under
TWENTY-FIVE years Of age Exceptions allowed by
the special permission of the Minister of the Interior.
IL is under the control of this administrative depart
ment that all the denominations, not orthodox,
Greco Russian are placed. individuals subject TO
the cepitatiOn tax must be furnished with an exepp-
ton from it before their ordination. Foreigners must
have tie permission of the ministry TO preach or to be
settled over parishes
The affairs Of the Lutheran Church are administered
by cOnsistoes all Of whose members take the oath oil
fidelity to the sovereign. Though Protestant cler-
gynan be not noble born yet rs long as he remains IN
this vocation be enjoys the rights of personal nobility
and tLusis exempted from the capltatiOn tax Houses
in cities owned and inhabited By them. are free from
military quarteIug and from taxe'. The Protestant
clergy have tie right organize und Tor their WIDOWS
and orphans with the permission OF the respective con-
sistores and ofthe minister.
They cannot carry on trade or be artzans or me-
chaniCs. They cannot be attorneys in lawsuits,
not their own or those of their wives and children
neither can they be guardians of orphans without
special permission of the consistory. In matters con-
corning their clerical condition. they gre subject to the
discipline of their hierarchy ia all others they are I'M
der the action of the general laws. When in c,m-
inal affair an arrest of clergyman is to be made the
consistory is 10 be instantly made acquainted with it.
They cannot be subjected TO corporal punishment
The widows and children Of the Protestant clergy ENJOY
all the privileges of personal mobiles with the exception
of those born after the father has renowned the
order Widows and children enjoy for one year the ~
come of the departed clergyman One abandoning the
order and not being either hereditary or personal
noble is obliged to select new mode OF HE, ana DE-
come inscribed in corporation according to his choice
clergyman can be dismissed and degraded by Grim
ina verdict as well for the transgresslOn OF hs du
ties ard by the judgment OF bis special hierarchy
clergyman condemnedto death, or to an infamous pun
ishment as for exempe TO the p,etnld kind OF whp
which now generally replaces the kH0m,) or TO the
mines or TO be branded-eyen if afterward he should
be pardoned cannot recover his clerical standing or the
privileges connected with II.
The clergy of the Greek or Russian Church are edu
Gated in ecclesiastical schools kept BY monks ana IN
classes have likewise access. The regular theological
instruction is given there in separate cassea Ch-
dren Of priests can frequent other public schoos-tbe
Gymnasa and Universities and generally next to the
class Of the MOBILES they have the easiest access to the
means of instruction and education.
Tie number of doceses of the orthodox church
amounts to nearly seventy, and that ia also about
the number of ArchbsLops, Bishops, sulfragans.
Tie orthodox clergy, both the white and the monks
exert powerful influence on the minds of the people,
nd ot Tho I'm 0barg and
Ills influence has its principal source in history and in
the nationality of the Church and Of the clergy The
Church has more than once raised the spirit OF the
people epochs of national Distress and has preserved
Id nursed the feeling of nationality during the centu
rjos Of foreign supremacy During the Tartar domino
on Of nearly three centuries, the Church rendered to
the nation not only the spiritual service OF comfort and
consolation but to great degree preserved the naona
tongue from the impure admixture oil the foreign da
eet Whatever may have been at that time the mental
activity of Russia il was limited and exclusively CON
centrated in the Church In these hbors the Rus
sian Church quite differently from that oil the whoeoi
remaining Europe did not a foreign tongue Dut
that of the people. Thus, IL not only preserved the
national language from deterioration, but the Church
clone contributed to give to il higher Development and
life All the writings of the fathers of the primitive
Church were ut an early epoch, translated INTO the
Slave Russian and thus its Unborn elasticity was de-
yeloped From the time Of the Introduction Oh Ohfs-
tianty the churchmen and monks wrote theF lecOrus
end chroniced events in general IN the vernacuAr.
Thus Russia alone has ancient chronicles IN her own
tongue fact Of which no other nation can boast 10
dsv even the purest the most vigorous language Is tat
used By the Church, and no one can Know wen US
power and fexibilty who has not studled II ~ INC
above mentioned sources
In the great struggle to overthrow the Tartar su.
preuscy the Church powerfully inhaIned the ns1ionai
feelings matchmaking them with those OF tne Ieh
Jon. In the wars with the Poles, the clergy the
Monks often contributed to stir up the people and 70
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