The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-21
NOVEL RUSSIAN CEREMONY
SUNDAY CELE-
BRATED WITH GREAT P0NP.
Newly CSAsecrated fsish sp % Alaska ana
the Spectacular Elislop AID Arch
blshwp Platoa solemn DenWnctaIIsa
oS An These whs Deay Their Greed.

the Spectacular bishop AID Arch
lSashwD Pla1oa- Solemn Dcn0nciaIlsn
sS Az These whs Deay Their Greed.
| An unusual service took place yesterday
morning at the Russian Cathedral in
Fast Nlnety-seventh street: a service
which could not be seen. a. a rule, outside
Of Russian territory and even there. not
in such p0mp and magnificence, excspt
occasionally. Thanks 20 the r'ilc NJ the
Eastern Catholic (Gre~o- Russian Church.
which forbidS Eaater 20 preoeds OF CO.
Incide with the Jewish Passover, Easter
4 falls very late this year. ON Nav /. Con
ssquently Lent began last Monday. aud
yesterday was Orthodoxy sunday r
Whsrson 10 celebrated the triumph OF
Orthodoxy over ihe Iconoclasts lin the
sighth century.
Il happened that the newly consecratad
bishop Of Alaska. Alexander. arrived
| from Russia on Tuesday. and Archbishop
Piat0n decided 90 make the os,ebrHtion
Of the special service. a. well - the lit
urwy. more impressive by inviting over
| from BROOKLYN his other assistant, the
syro-Arabian Bishop. Raphael. The ArUh-
hiahop and has two assistants. with thru
deaconA. one m Arab. and six priests. one
of thess also an Arab. together With lay
acolytes TO carry the sacramentAl ians.
the special candies used at PontiGical
services. and the Croziers % the three
prslAfo@ formed a boay siIch a. n not
Often seen here. All were vested in blue
and white ~Gtin brOcade. trimmed with
silver, except Bishop Raphael. who wore
white satin brocade and a mitre OF gold
roses. pinks and jessamine on a silver
ground. Bishop Alexander's mitrs was
Of silver embroidery ON SILVER, while
The Archhikhops Was the simplest OF ali.
a pattern Of gold volutes and crosses on .
dark ground with a few large topazes
and a verse OF scripture engraved on the
plain gold rim. The service was IN Old
Church Slavonic aud "a httlel in Gresk.
After the Liturgy Of 81. Basil had been
concluded and a great number ~ persons
had communicated. the three preiates
returned to tho dais in the centre of tho
cathedral where the Archbishop had been
vested, as usual. before the service, and
the rite for Orthodoxy sunday was begun
a Iectern With ik0nl Choly picturesI Of
Christ and Of the Virgin Mother and the
Child standing. the while. IN front Of the
prelAtes and not far from them. After
Gospel. the Junior deacon. Monk V-evolod.
assembled the chancel platform and in
toned in majestic recitatiVe. What Cod
| 10 great like unto our GodF Thou art the
I God who alone doest wonders repeating
| il thrice. and each time with increased
force, until the cathedral rang with the
sound.
Again. after he had read the NiceDs
Creed Cot course. without the hioous
cIaussl. he again intOned: This IL the
faith Of the Apostles. This is the faith
Of the Fathers This ~ the Orthodox
/ faith: ths faith establish thou through
Tb"n. according 10 the ancient ritual.
should have followed denunciaiion aud
the pronunciation OF anatherDa upon
various sorts Of heresy prevalent IN the
eighth century. hut time has softened
,he relations 81 the churches. however
! intolarant they NAV have been OF old.
and not a single anathema was uttered.
not a hert.~y referred To- Perhaps the
| most interesting omission in view OF the
\ modern conceptions ot the -dlVine lgnt o.
/ kinxp" and 81 recent troubles IN Russia.
/ was that paragraph which calls down
! -anathetna- upOn all who shall say that
7 the Orthodox Cars are not elevator ~
! the throne 10y tho Special favor OF God
/ toward them and that through ano,nt-
I
! roured out upon them tO enable them To
exercise their great calling.
! Another equally interesting paragraph
| (also omittedJ snsthernatiDes the leone
clasfa. WHOSE overthrow tne service oelo-
| bratesr tho-.. who curse and blasphsrne
4 the holv Ikoni which are used by the
| church in commemoration Of the deeds
/ Of God and His sainte for the purpose OF
| incitinR those who shall ga1e upon them
! 10 upright ness % life and to emulation
| - a. r.rssNf
4 Several Americans had been Present
during a part Of the liturgy but had long
since Departed and lost one Of the chances
! on their lives 20 hear something full OF
| -color," beauty and ma jesiy. The deacon
| with HE magnificent hess proclaimed
! ETERNAL Memory ca the Greek Emperor
| Constantine, his mother Helena; 20 Theo-
| do@ia. Theodcsia the Younger. Justtnian
ana all other Orthodox Greek hmperor-
/ and Fmpresse@. Eternal Memory, re-
uDonded the choir in f1nersal tones.
J Then Gama Eternal Memory 20 the
Russian Orthodox Princes. beginning
With Vladimir 81 kieH and his mother
/ and proceeding by name through al ths
modern Emperor beginning with Peter
4 and ending with Alexander Ill; all
their Efnpre4nas and the Empressca who
have ruled Russia. thc old Russian saints.
the Greek and Russian pTelates. the mobiles.
soldiers and all Orthodox Christians, each
separate petition Icing follower 10y the
rs,ayonss. from The choir.
Blt mourning - far from being the
characteristic tCn. ~ thus triumphant
. c.lehration Many Yeas were pro-
claimed. va tones vii On fairly shook the
walls and made thf windows rattle. 20
the Emperor Nicholas IL. the defender
and protector Of the Church; to his wife
aud mother and heir, the President of ths
United States. tho Holy Synod. the mill
tary commanders. rulers % cities and all
orthodox Christians. All these petitions
wer. iHtsrsper4sd with tho laundering OF
the choir 20 match the elmOet thindera
Of the deacon ~ Many Years" graduated
from nine times down to three.
| The service concluded with the chant
Ing 81 she Ts DeIm. which 10 used only on
1 s,Saa or-aaSonn affar mhi~h fha kWrkieiak