The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-05-27

Of Kieff mounted the steps to the throne.
The emperor arose, and, taking off the collar
of the order of st. Andrew, ordered that the
imperial mantle with the collar in diamonds,
of that order, be presented to him. They
were presented cushions, by the metro.
politans of St. Petersburg and Kieff, who
also assisted his majesty to put on the man
tie. The metropolitan of St. Petersburg then
pronounced the words:
"In nomine PATHS ct Fill ct Spiritus
Sancti. Amen" So
THE CROWN ASSUMED.
One of the assistants of his majesty adjust
eo the imperial mantle. His majesty received
the pontifical benediction of the metropolitan
of st. Petersburg, who placed his hands on
the czar's head In the form Of a cross, recit-
Ing the two prayers prescribed by the ritual.
The prayers terminated, the emperor ordered
that the imperial crown be presented to him.
Thereupon, the metropolitan of st. Peters,
burg took the imperial crown and handed 1t
to the emperor, who took 1t in his hands and
placed it on his head.
The metropolitan then in loud voice pro-
nounced the prescribed allocution.
In similar manner his majesty caused to
be presented to him the scepter and the
globe, and having taken the scepter in his
right hand and the globe in his left hand, he
seated himself on the throne. A few mo-
ments later his majesty arose and placed the
scepter and globe upon cushions. The mon
arch then called upon her majesty, the EN-
press Alexandra Feodorovna, to approach, and
she knelt beside him on a velvet cushion,
richly embroidered with gold. His majesty
thereupon solemnly lifted the crown from his
own head and touched with 1t the forehead
of the empress. He then replaced the crown
upon his own head. His majesty afterwards
took up the crown of the empress and placed
1t on the head Of her majesty. Her majesty's
imperial mantle and the collar Of the Order
OF st. Andrew were next presented with the
same ceremony. This done, her majesty took
her seat on the throne, while the emperor
again took the scepter in his right hand and
the globe in his left. The archdeacon next
proclaimed the imperial title in extenso The
bells of the cathedral and all the other sa-
cred edi1ces throughout Moscow were rung
and salute of 101 cannon shots were fired
The emperor then arose, handed the scepter
and the globe to the attendants, and knelt
down to recite from the book presented him
by the metropolitan Of St. Petersburg, the
prayer prescribed for the occasion. The pray
er terminated, the metropolitan and all pres
ent knelt and In the name Of the nation Of
fered up prayers to the Almighty. After the
prayer, the metropolitan of st. Petersburg
read a short allocution to the emperor and
the choir intoned the "Te Deum'' to the sound
or the DellS or all the churches OF the Krem-
lin.
During this ceremony the cxar stood with
barred head. The reading of the Holy Gospel
followed and two of the archbishops pre-
sented the Holy Book to their majesties to
kiss. The anthem terminated, and the of
fciating clergy having been notified that the
holy door was open, the two archbshops as
sisted by archdeacons, advanced from the
altar towards his majesty to announce to the
latter that the holy ceremony of the anoint-
ment was to begin. Thereupon his majesty,
having handed his sword to one of his au-
gust assistants, descended from the throne,
and, preceded by the scepter, the globe and
the crown, went towards the holy door, fol-
lowed by the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
On both sides of his majesty were his assis-
tants.
HOLY JUNCTION..
After the holy JUNCTION, his majesty placed
himself on the right, in front of the image of
the Savior, and the empress approached the
holy door, where the metropolitan Of St. Pc
tersburg anointed her on the forehead, pro-
nouncing the words of the ritual. The metro
politan of st. Petersburg afterwards intro
duced the emperor into the sanctuary by the
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