The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-08


village priest, or pop. is too poor to
make his sons priests he sees that they
serve the church as readers. singers or
monks
monastery, especially set apart for men
who, having served their time In the
army. wish 10 lead a retired life. They
are kept under the strictcst discipline
and may not even walk outside the
grounds without specially written permits
sion from the abbot. who is a retired Off
Ger.
Manner of Worship.
The burning OF candles. varying in price
from half II cent to a couple of dollars.
is very much practsed Every reader OF
Tolstoys Resurrection" will remember
the Easter service when every worship
per brought candle and lighted II. Can
dies are lighted in the churches every day
of the week as all who can possibly af-
ford 10 make this, the smallest form of
offering.
The worshippcr enters the church.
lights his candle at one Of those already
burning and places II reyereDtly in one
OF the large silver or gilt stands put at
frequent intervals for this purpose. In
the railway stations there is a room con-
taIning an ikon. under which you will see
passengers as offerings for safe jour
ney, Even people who very rarely at
tend church in the ordinary way burn a
candle before looking. for, or moving into
a new apartment or house.
In some parts Of Russia people keep
Easter Monday by sousing each other
with water at the most unexpected mo-
mcnts. Villagers catch the upwary and
dip them into half-frozen troughs. This
Is said to DC a relic OF some pagan
rite Another custom, much practiced
on the uninltiated, is faithfully followed
on Ash "Wednesday by hooking q piece
of herring onto some part OF your cloth :
ing This was originally meant for girls
who failed To find husbands during the
preceding carnival, hut the evil.smeIlinE
flsh Is now hung on man, maiden and
matron alike. and the unconscious VIC
TINS wonder why everybody grins as
they go down the street.
Holy Day Customs.
In mid .lent again pots and pans are
broken and thrown out OF kitchen win
dows to keep away wicked spirits. Some
times pieces OF crockerv happen 20 catch
a passer-by on the head. but people
take such little mishaps very good-na-
turedly,
on An Hallows eve the graveyards
and cemeteries are throneed with people
who light many colored lamps. and put
thcm on the graves togothor with foou
the graves and. b. various eXhortatlons.
pretend to raise the spirits OF the dead.
who relate their experiences in The other
world. Sea ted so near the dead IN
darkness which the small lamps make
all the moro intense. the people, always
inclined to mysticism. grow so excited
that they sec all manner OF visions.
They believe that the dead. when called
upon this night in the wear. foretcll the
future OF the living and also relate the
aCopIes they undergo in bell and ask
the living 10 pray that their souls may
be delivered from further torment,
Others and especially Young women
and children, who have died in innoccpce,
sneak cf the bliss they enjoy In heaven.
There is usually one old man who acts
as medium between the departed spr-
Its and the living and, as ono may reao-
Ilv s,Jpnosc. there is unTivalled oppor-
tunitv for the charlatan TO work upon
his hearers But then Russia is the
happy hunting ground OF the mystic
charlatan, almost all. from The czar
downward, believing In occult science.
Some Unusual Rites.
Even the most cynical. matter OF fact
foreigner OH these uneartbly occasions.
begins to think OF the dead he has known
and TO wonder whether. after all, some
spirit is not striving 10 gain commuul-
cation with him.
When man Is buried plate Of barley
is aepcraIiv carried along with his coffin.
and finally. placed upon, the grave. This
is said to be n relic OF pagan times when
food was placed hy the dead warrior so
that be should not starve before enter
inr paradise Very likely the practice
came from the east. There the Chinese
and hearsl are always whito. The
funeral Ia attended. on. foot by all the
acqualntnnces Of the deceased and by