The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-23

,v,l Of the churches IN short, it is about
v,b,t combination q ST. Patrick's day and
tte fourth OF July, Christmas, Feb % and
ta anniversary Of the Pilgrim Fathers
would Boz iu America.
d.. e.uso tie Greek Catholic church is
tss, established by law ia Russia, but there
A.s i.ol such rapid growth IN liberalism
-.r.e lsJ that all scots enjoy equal tOlera-
ill.,. and an official finds bis religion or non
f,I..i9n no bat TO his advancement Only a
Huem4e than half the people Of the om-
..re aIc Greek lr.stians-about $4,000 600
sui 500 other forms o.. Christianity and
mant u hcltlclism have their orgoniza-
lions Iu travormg the country one may
.ee OBJ altars Of Shamanism, the temples Of
BuIiha theuosQucs Of Mohammcdanism and
Oh. ,yua-oyucs Of Israel; and in the cities
af. igII pass on a single avenue the Greek,
Armenian. Catholic and Episcopal churches.
Bat old these alc but few Of the scots There
arc tre Stmover-ty cold Believers. Tic
Fautus who refuse all ceremonies not
found .u the early church, and do not use To-
bacco or whisky; the United Greeks, who
u-lt their church % Join with the Episcopal
church Of England, and others; ono sect sac
lf.cls q child occasionally; another makes a
burned Offering Of devotecs, and in still an
other the men cmasculate themselves to in
sure parity The government Of course en-
l@yors O. suppress those last, but that only
increases their iuuaticism. A few years AGO
there were 1000 Menuonitos in the southern
provinces, but they have chiefly emicratcl
CD The United States and Canada. The ma
.lt9 Of The great national festival and celc-
lratou Of this ycar may best be understood
uy O. brief rcview OF tic history of Russia
aLi The Greek Catholic church
I1 carly Greek history all the region north
Vi tine Dau,be was Scythia; later, the Ro-
mans called il Sarmatia and the people on
t.a Don were called the Roxolani In the
TitA century an the barbarians OF the north,
from China % tie Baltic We're in movement;
Asia precipitated itself on Europe and the
huns. Ayes and Bulgarians drove other
race, before them upon the Roman empire,
After these came the Slavs and Tartors,
diving the TeutOnic and Finnish races be
fore chem and, after two centuries Of wal
and o0mmotiou, the Narangians got the up
p,r hand. and Ia ,o3 their king, Rurik, set
Op his government at NovgOrol, which is
Considered the beginning of Russia In 915-
~ the regent, olga, ruled the Varangans
during the minority oi her son, and allowed
III Greeks to preach Christianity in her do
miniOns She became "a Christian, but her
son remained "a Pagan. his three sons set up
fnghtful civil war and in $50 Vladimir,
after conqueIiug and killing his brother, be
came lord Of the Narangians He conquered
.thuauia and Livouia, Red Russia and the
little Finnish and TcLudic bands, and became
Vladimir the Great" While Pagan he
desired % marry the sister Of the Greek en-
peror 40 Constantinople, so he was baptized
O. Christian on his wedding day, and nearly
all the mobiles followed his example. How
ever, if the reader secs in this any likeness 10
the way England became Protestant under
Henry VIII, or Rome Christian under Con
stantine. he must do il at his own risk.