The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-22
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and in its neighborhood, the Grand
Duke Sergius, and then the latter,
with a most brilliant staff, joined the
procession.
When the cortege entered the city
salute of seventy-one cannon shots
were fired from the top of the triumph
al arch amid the ringing of bells.
Upon entering Moscow his majesty
was received by the governor general
on horseback, escorted by his staff and
aides-de-camp, and they, too, joined in
the procession.
AT the old triumphal arch, his i'm
perial majesty was received by the
mayor and the members of the NUM-
cipal council of Moscow, delegations
from the different branches of COM
merce, the corporation of Moscow all
bearing their distinctive insignia, the
artisans of the city, by delegations
from the stock exchange, chamber of
commerce, etc. At the convent of
Strasnoi, at the entrance of the white
town Beilygorod, the car was
RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENT
and members of the Zemstov admins
| tration of Moscow. On the Tver square,
fronting the headquarters of the gov
ernor-general his imperial majesty
was received by representatives of
muscovite nobility with their marshals
of nobility of the district and of the
government of Moscow at their head,
and at the resurrection gate of the
Kremlin. the governor of Moscow, with
other representatives of the local adj
| ministration, as we'll as the representa-
tives of the law, received the czar.
At the resurrection gate the car dis
mounted from his horse and the en-
press descended from the carriage in
order to worship at the shrine of the
Iberian madonna, the most sacred of
the many holy symbols in Moscow.
At the shrine, their majesties were
received by the grand vicar of Moscow,
who presented them with the cross
and sprinkled them
WITH HOLY WATER
Their majesties entered the chapel and
knelt in prayer before the image. At
the conclusion of their devotions, the
car remounted his horse and the car
ina re-entered her carriage, and they
passed through the gate of Saviur-
Spasskiavorota, into the Kremlin,
where they were received with all the
pomp possible by the clergy as well as
by the military commander of Moscow,
and his subordinates on horseback, all
of whom afterward joined in the pro-
cession.
Their imperial majesties then success
sively visited and worshipped within
the churches of the Assumption, the
Arohangel Michael, and of the Annun-
citation. In each instance they found
the clergy of
THE SACRED EDIFICES
assembled at the thresholds, carrying
the crowns and the images CT different
saints. After passing the entrance of
! the Kremlin, the cortege passed along
the front of the Nicholas palace, but
once most the members of the imper-
ial party traversed the grand palace
square in state, the less important
guests and visitors passed out of the
Kremlin by the Borevftski gate, and
the troops which had taken part in
the procession were drawn up in front
of the grand gates of the Kremlin.
The grand masters of the ceremonies
of the coronation, the arch grand mas
ter of the ceremonies. the high court
officials and the high dignitaries of
the foreign courts, members of the
council of the empire, and others, left
their carriages near the entrance gate
situated between the belfry of Ivan
Veliki. and the church of the Twelve
Apostles. The members of the council
w
by the north gate to the cathedral of
the Assumption and the high court Off
Gals and the lesser court officials of
the imperial court passed around the
western tower of the cathedral and
stationed themselves near the south
gate on a stand erected between the
belfry of Ivan-Veliki and the cathedral
of the Archangel Michael.
Others of the court officials and the
gentlemen of the court who had not
taken part in the procession, stationed
themselves along the square from the
cathedral and the grand masters of the
ceremonies of the coronation, the arch
grand masters of ceremonies, the mar
shall of the court and the grand mar
shall of the court went toward the door
situated between the belfry and Ivan
veliki and the cathedral of the Arch
angel Michael and awaited the arrival
of their majesties.
THE GAR AND CZARINA,
the imperial princes and the important
foreign princes, upon arriving at the
gate, left their carriages and entered
the cathedral of the Assumption by the
south gate preceded by the grand mas
ter of ceremonies of the coronation,
the arch grand master of the ceremo-
shall of the court The car was fol-
lowed by the minister of his household,
the minister of war, the aide de camp
general commanding the military
household of his majesty, and other
| important aide de camps. Behind them
came the imperial highness and the
| foreign princes and all witnessed the
solemn celebration of a tedeum,
which was accompanied by prayers for
!, 1.-Two IF hni iEC
happiness of Russia. Inside the ca
thedral their majesties found assem-
/ bled all the perSonageS who had not
been able to take part from the Pet
rCvski palace to the Kremlin, such as
many ladies, a number of members OF
the council of empire, the ministers,
he chiefs of the different administra-
tons, the senators, the secretaries of
state, the honorary tutors, the mar
shals of the nobility of the different
governments and provinces of the en-
pire, the
DOZENS OF DELEGATIONS
of the nobility of the governments not
possessing marshals of nobility, the
presidents of the delegations of the
Zenstovs of the different governments
Of the empire; the mayors and presi-
dents of the municipalities of
all the chief places in the
empire and the delegations from
all the provinces administered by the
military authorities as well as delega-
tons from the grand duchy of Finn
land
On the steps of the cathedral of the
Assumption, their majesties were re-
ceived by the holy synod and the high
clergy with the cross and holy water,
and were preceded by the holy synod,
the high clergy and the choir chanting