The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08

from their necks, and they are gown
ed in gold and silver brocade.
One OF the Queerest sights % the
"orld IS 10 see his beatitude. as the
patriarch is called. going through he
ceremony OF washing the feet OF the
WE'VE apostles in front of the Church
Oh TIE HOLY prlcher. This he does
49, year. lie appears dressed as 1
nave described. but before going
through the humble ceremony Of
washing the feet of the bishops who
nave been picked out 10 represent the
apoStles, he takes of MS grand gown
or woven gold and Laws aside his
1onleo hat, which is incrusted with
As he does so his long hair falls -
ms waist. and he stands forth in plain
Sisht OF his people clad in a long
rove OF croam-colored silk creme
Nhich IS bound in at the waist with
d SoiGen white cjrdIa. He now takes
= IurklSh bath towel which ne wraps
"iouiu MS Joins. and then. stooping
over ne hours SOME water from .
golden pitcher into \ tae;n rf ~nt
Il me meantime. each Of the hishops
haS cast of one Of his shoes. and ne
r,IoS us bare foot out to he washed
: ne patriarch does this quickly
Sspiasf1n& the foot with water md
drying it with n towel As h. fnishn.
IE hlS-t-S Jl3 root. and
men @oes on To the next one in turn.
J nav" seen this ceremony with my
own eyes IN with 1000 or
more s'@ftseers and PILGRIMS.
The Pore OF the East.
Fut let me ten you about nv talk
with his ~bnatitude. It was arra1ra3
by an official Of the church. and tho
audience took place in the Datrj9rch'e
mouse a great stone building near the
rool OF tiezekiah, and not far from
the Church Of the Holy Sepqlchre
His beatitude ives there with one nun
orcd monks, and many f~ne-lookinc
Greek priests stood about as I went
up the stairs of ~rose-coIorel marble
l passed through several rooms filed
with h1sh-capped. hlack-POwned eccle-
Slastjcs, II as I waited, priests and
rishops from the tour quarters OF
Greek Catholicism passed in and ont.
one OF the priests, who spoke Eng
lish. went with me into the audience
and gave me a seat at the
rlYht of the throne. He asked me TO
wait telling me that his beatitude
would be in very sortly.
In the meantime, there were others
Who had come for an audience. and
the long table in the center Of the
room the chairs on each side of
II were soon filled. The most Of the
men We're bearded. f~ne-l0oktng
priests. dressed in black gowns and
high caps
AS we waited a servant hroupht IN
a silver tray cOntainino a plate of rose
n white cubes of Turkish DELIGHT
and several glasses Of water. Upon
the tray We're many silver forks. each
h2vfnr two fine tines as long as nv
lfttle finger. AS the CANDY was passed
each man Of us took a fork II stab
he'd 1t into q cube Of the sweet. and
thus conveyed it to his mouth. It
was delicious.
Pv and by the patriarch entered.
talked first with some OF the
priests. and J had q good chance to
study him. Imagine q tail. fine-look-
frll-bearded. fafr-faced man OF
thirtv-fNe. dressed IN q long. black
Gown ami Il ~rin0tess black cap. which
rises ei"f1t inches over his forehead.
Gown IS cut full and il falls to
feet. His cap is Gr3ped with
cloth which overs his shoEid-
and about his neck is A long
heavy aoid chain. to which hangs IN
ivory medallion as bic as the palm
Of your hand. The rim Of tho MEDAL
lion IS 2 painting Of the Madonna
with the HOLY Child in her arms.
/ watched he man as he talked. He
gestnr"d now ard then. and 7 saw that