The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-03-28
EnStar Eve in yI0sCaw.

very early. By nine o'clock the streets are
empty, and there is hardly an iScostchik to
be had at double the usual price. The
night is perfectly dark, and few lights are
seen in the windows, as we start out about
about half-past eleven for the kremlin.
In the great square between the Cathe trails,
we find mass of people silently waiting.
Inside the churches, which are also full.
prayer or two is said, and then all is still
We ascend the tower Of Ivan Neliki to get
: better view Of the scene, cropping our way
up the winding staircase. A few minutes
more and the clock strikes twelve Avo-
IenS trembling of the tower tells US that
the great bell is struck, though we hear no
sound. Instantly every bell of the four
hundred churches of Moscow begins to ring
ioyfully and rapidly; a HUNDRED cannon
boom out from the, Tainitzkv tower. As
if by magic every spire and dome is illumi-
mated, a circle Gf light is seen about every
church, and the lines of light along every
street make Moscow in Il blaze. At the
same moment procession of clergy and
torch bearers in their most brilliant gold
and silver robes, with choirs. incense, and
banners, make the circuit Of every church,
walking over branches Of cverzreens that
" Christ is arsen is arisen from the dead .
The square of the kremlin is now as light
as day, and we sec the MttropoIitan-a
hearty, hale Old man, long time Il mission
AIRY bishop in Siberia and Alaska-in his
magnificent robes, with his tran-bearers,
his cross Of crystal. and incense AMI can
dies, as he goes about the Cathedral of the
Assumption. Al the nearest church we
can distinctly see the professions, but in
the distance they seem merely a train of
ghmmerlng sparks. We descend gain to
the square, and every one rushes into the
church to light his candle, and kisses his
nclghbor three times, saying ChrjStos rosk-
TeS-Chnlt 10 arisen; 70 which tn reply
is returned, 10 istiHe r0Stres-IIe is risen
indeed. In the Cathedral there is now no
service but mathis, the Grand Mass being
1t seven in the morning, so we hasten
through the Illuminated streets TO some
other church where Mass will follow the
matin Immediately. Some carthen dishes
containing lighted wick floating in melted
talow are placed on each of the low posts
which are the detoStible substitutes for
curb-stones in the Moscow streets, 50 that
the shadows are all cast upwards, produc-
ing a singular but beautiful effect. The
smoke and smell are disagreeablc The
churches are full, and all around them are
servants with dishes of eggs, and other
eatahles peculiar to Easter, waiting to have
them blessed. The bells are everywhere
ringing violently and .ioyfully, and the far
Their we get from the kremlin, the louder
are the tones of the Assumption " or
great bell. 1t was curious that when we
stood in the kremlin square ana saw the .
bell struck. We dill not near separate d. I
ylded strokes. There was low, deep, I
united sound, not at all disagreeable, which /
seemed to serve as a background for ali the .
other bells. This bell weighs sixty-four |.
tons, aad is the largest in the world
The most fashionable churches on great .
occasions are the University, the private
chaPels, and those belonging to the palace
and to the public institutions. We 90 to /
the Widows Home, which is just now the
rendezvous Of the most select aristocracv.
The mathis have already begun, aud the
sa!oons-for the chapel is small, and few
are there beside the widows-are FIJI of
IA lles and gentlemen in fall evening dress.
Ill holding candles, while the priest ana
deacon make a tour Of all the rooms, ex-
claiming CAaistos roSATtSelI, to which h
reply. Every time they come
from the sanctuary they have on new robes
# different color. aud the choir BOYS sing
the Easter Hymn. When the
mathis are over, the candles are blown out,
and handed to the boy who comes 10 re-
,e.ve them on a SILVER ~alyer. ana every
me kisses an e,ngratu hates his fam II ana
friends. Tire i but a b-:ef ,ate,u; ION
snd the mass comm rces. though rs
,vvRds in tie >a.oous continue .aas' ing
M talking aS # they were at ar0tt.
stay here until we have eoss-ra- .,a.-# i
oar acqGamyances, AM taen ~ So the
private ,hapcl Of one II the ric-ar no5 e..
-E"geae Schuyler, az Scstbnss's or
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