Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-24
rhs Russo-Greelt Church.


On account of the steps taken by the
different branches of the Church in this
country, and in Europe, toward the es-
tablishment of INSTRUMENTATION with the
Church of Russia, some statistics con-
corning that Church may not be unin.
teresling.
From the report of the Ober- Procura-
tor of the Holy Governing Synod to His
Majesty, the Emperor, for the year 1851,
though made in 1864, we find that the
Russian Church is divided into So Dio.
ceses, and numbers 81 Bishops, several
Dioceses having one or more Vicar
Bishops. The inferior clergy consist of
81. $50 Priests, u, 444 Deacons and 63,-
AL Clerks, 247 of the latter having re-
ceived a complete theological education,
making 103 ,815 in all. Adding to these
the clergy in retreat, who embrace 8, 5l3
Priests, 1904 Deacons, and 6, 932 Clerks,
and the secular clergy alone number
l26. 164. 1900
The number of Converts is 624, Hos.
pitfalls "a, Hospices %, and organized
Schools for the daughters of the clergy,
80. The endowed Parishes number H.
Gle; 584 of these were endowed in 1861
In connection with Parish Churches are
81 Hospitals, and $50 Hospices. Those
before mentioned are connected with the
Converts.
The offerings of the Churches, during
the year preceding the report, notwith
standing the embarrassed circumstances
of the Mobiles, amounted to 1900
roubles, or S., 730,02I rs.
The orthodox population, exclusive OF
the army and navy, is 81 ,O34 $50, Of
whom 81, 6l2,978 received the Holy Eu-
charist at Easter. Among those who
did not avail themselves OF this privilege,
9,I50,358 were children, and 1862, $50
abstained from reasonable motives, so
that only 4, 239, 134 persons failed through
negligence. a sex
The converts to the orthodox Church
l,457 were Pagans; $40 Mohammedans,
and $50 were Raskolniks, In class of
Dissentera), reconciled to the Church.
And, beside these, the report mentions
an embassy from Persia, making an ap-
plication in behalf of 5000 families Of
HISTORIANS, asking to be reconciled to
the Orthodox Church. 7s 7ni
The Russian Church has extended its
Missions across the Eastern Hemisphere
till they have reached to bless our Ameri-
can Continent by the conversion to
Christianity and civilization of thou
sands of Pagans on its North Western
coasts. And the names of Benjamin,
Sitviazen, Nezvetof and Innocent /,
have been rendered immortal in the an.
malls of this Continent by the Apostolic
zeal, labors and self-denials of these mo-
Bile servants of Christ, who have borne
these names but to honor them. The
Mission entered upon by Benjamin in
1928, has grown to be theDiocese of New
Arch-Angel, with its own Bishop, TWEEN
seven priests, and fortytwo churches
and chspels. He still preeides over
it under the title of Innocent l,
and as Archbishop of Kamschat-
Churches, and although very aged, Wis
its every part of his immense Arch-Di-
geese.
The Ecclesiastical schools, mainly for
the sons of the clergy, are 225, with
1898 teachers and 50, l3l pupils.
The Ecclesiastical Academies, the
highest class of training Schools for the
clergy are 4, with sc professors, and 372
pupils. The Seminaries, the next grade
below, and from the prize scholars of
which the Academies are supplied, are
so in number, with 636 teachers, and
II, 1860 pupils. The schools of the third
grade are, in number, 20l, with I'LL
teachers, and 3S,699 pupils, preparing
for admission into the Seminaries. And,
besides this, the common schools for the
poor, over Is 900 in number. are under
the oversight of the pastors; so we can
get glimpse of the vast good the Greek
Church is doing, and the vast influence
ofthat mighty, aud wide-spreading peo-
pie, upon the future.