Evening star., 1903-07-25
A RELIGIOUS TRUST.
The GreCo-Russian Church
Has 87,OO0,00O Members.
ITS ENORMOUS WEALTH
CHURCHES PLATED WITH GOLD,
WHICH COST MILLIONS.
The Treasures of the Kremlin-Seven
Million Dollars Worth
of Candles.
ITS ENORMOUS WEALTH
fcopvrlght 1909. 10y Frank G Cnrpenter.l

Copyright 1903 10y Frank G. Cnrpenter)
Special Correspoud.ncc of The Evening Star.
MOSCOW.
am in the Jerusalem of Russia. in the
holy OF huies of the worlds greatest en-
pre. Moscow has more pilgrims than
Mecca more shrines than Rome and more
worshipcrS than Bcuarcs on the banks of
the Ganges. 1t has four hundred churches,
monastcres on every side of it, converts on
every hilltop. and you cant throw stone
without hitting Il priest.
Russia's Religious trust
Tan; about the United States Steel Com
pany and the modern trust. The biggest
trust on earth is this Greek Catholic
Church. 1t has ei2hty-seven million stock
holders in Russia alone. and every one of
them is subject to daily assessment The
money flows in a steady stream week day
and Sunday all the year through and
the amount in the treasury is beyond COM
putation. Even the church itself does not
know what it has. The capital controlled
by the synod. s25.H1OoO. is IA bagatelle in
comparison with the total assets, and the
$14UpHn a year furnished by the govern
ment for church purposes is drop in the
bucket compared with the gifts of the
people
Ne think we ha:a grand churches They
Gre nothing in comparison with the cathe
@uLilS @ anu rhurch'S OF RUSSIA: ihe,e ~ one
aJ .h ''i,i, - ~ n,t,.,
which cost more than the Canitol
The Moscow church | refer to Is that of
our SlNIor II stands on the banks of the
Moscow river. Just outside the kremlin.
and its great golden dome may be seen
pliH!hs out under the sun from any part OF
Moscow. The church is of white stone.
puilt III the snap" OF Il Greek cross, 1t has
e"ideh culolaS at ITS corners, ana great
Il ,T.,l,
ered with copper plated with gold 1t took
nine h"ndftd pounds OF gold leaf to plate
The dome. and Il is estimated that there
Is million dollars worth Of gold upon
IL IN" interior OF the church has marbles
anu precious stones WihCh cost AZWoop.
anu tl"f" are Sictcd PICTURES Withln ii
Wiz .'SI H'"''''
~ . I,Ie! N"uiS huich Is -. Isaac 5
I.'u, .'i a. II ii'S E.'St ;,"ou' twenty mn
i'S'. anu ''H f"'' "I,I' - as l'ii se as ma
- 'i.''l '' NdH'ii''S t"i'- 1T tooh
,1,,i,'i., g " 50 =. ii,t, rut ~
nf ,,, : ,.ir r. I. =" TtI1nY ',i' 80
g. pat,rsL',,..- ~. 'iI,.a, fo,,oo .tn,,t ~
ait,r mad Of haIf n ton of p,1gc;,,,
DI,t. vLirl, vas ,.,.,ntrra,l h,- +I-a i,ns
sarLs r,n, N.,nnl,,r P,a-,,,to and +ho
C,tIair.f of ~ pct.r IVA e. panr Las a
spir. pltte,I with rirre gold and an interior
gorgeous with GOLD and silver
1he treasures vi the hfehllh.
You have all heard of the Kremlin the
fol;rst place i'm this holy CITY. Moscow is
twenty-five miles in circumference. 1t is
mighty commercial and manufacturing
center having VAST business huilolhsS ana
Ns'!"' t"S "l factories. hisI, IN the mart
,tttln .. tt.,, ,,,iia ~ ,,tt trhis
space is filled with old churches and pal
aces and is known as the kremlin. The
chtr'hrS nave comes OF solu each as DIG
- a. ", i, - " $50 - 80
90, " 80. - , ~, - ,I 80 - t
-. a." P - " - ~" ~" - " ; 'i'' ''P 'P"
i VOW, ,,,,,,, ,,,. 90 ~, t,r.
e.;1 - ~ f.1 IL
ms az ,,il. ~ ,"o pi'3iS s"iu'
o.'u 'S J - " S ' !,u io
a. 'iie Ii'"SuI's 'llG IL d pictuic oi uile
w eIil "'ru ~ q s 'e Noscieu WIN uie'.
.,'i'"H' ne i''e - aoiie 'i'i'eS hi99eo py
!he MoiS'hperS, ana am t"iu that an VINO
touth II are now calsiuiiy Walcheu 10 see
1hat theE doh bltc OH the diamonds.