Evening star., 1914-11-01
RUSSIA WITH ITS TWO ORDERS OF CLERGY POWERFUL FACTOR WAR


N. Witte. This was because the
black" clergyman believed this man.
fuenoed him in causing him to relin-
Quish a part of his theory Of "divine
right uiodor seemed to imagine that
the orthodox church would be destroyed
the car were no longer in the minds
OF the people the direct representative
OF God and the kinsman OF Christ.
This monk had a marvellous following
on account partly of the austerfty of
his life. and he proceeded to stir ND
serious trouble. His disciples and
friends. when he was ordered from tho
city to the abbotship of rural mon
aseery some distance from Tsaritxir,
came and camped about his retreat In
quiet part Of the town. AS he de-
chned TO go away and his haraneues
IN the open air to become more violent
mo governor feared sending soldiers
iof mis- removal. for dread of the
"toooshed which might follow.
- iast group of women in the CAPT
al lnouced the cZar to leave the old
piiof IN his beloved Tsaritzin Suci,
leniency. though granted. was TO be OF
snort duration. for soon the monks.
SpeeShes became more exciting to theS
peopis' pot' everybody and everything con
Cal views than his own were indicted.
anu presently Humble Iliodor, seem
,nely humble no longer. was banIshed
TO q lonely monastery lar from fhos.
who loved to listen to his denuncia
tions.
A year or two ago. in a nunnery out
sue Noscow, the Move Dyevitchy. re-
noWned in the history of Russia and
beautiful with snowwhite fortifications
ana dull red towers. an aged nun ASKED
az Engiishman who was exploring the
r,niey II the were any nuns in Eng
land; She was told there were nund
OF the Catholic Church there ..W.
nave nothing to do with them" was
the answer. followed Immediately by a.
might wear. Severe. unadorned black
quite naturally, is the dress of the sis
ters of the black clergy"
Ihe voices OF these nuns are unusu-
ally nne. and did voice carry the
possibilities of power among them that
IL does among the men OF the white
clergy. nearly every Russian nun
might De eligible for the post OF dea-
connection with the numerous converts
OF the empire, and this is another diff
ference In the eastern and western
conception OF monasticism.
There are numbers OF wonderfully
fine teachers Of the languages. of mu-
sic, painting and the domestic arts, in
western converts. The sister of Toll
stoi. who gave up philanthropic and
social life in the capital Of her country
to become nun, was deeply yersed ia
music and missed it sorely, but the
only time that she was known to have
expressed dissatisfaction with any part
OF the life she had chosen was during
a visit to her brother. when a musician
was playing for the enjoyment OF the
author. III there were only music ia
the convent, but they would not like
it. they would not like it," she said.
The changes that have come into
western monasticism are not compre-
hended In Russia. The rulings of St.
Benedict acted as the code of early
England. With one exception. no Fran
els. Ignatius or Phillip Neri has ar
rived to change in Russia the even an
cient ruling Of st. Basil. to conform
more closely to any development OF
that country. This exception lies In
the establishing in 1910 of the conven;
OF Mary and Martha. by a sister of the
czarina- 1t is in a secluded section
Of the city of Moscow. and its nuns de
vote themselves to charitable work
The grand duchess is said to emplo,
much OF her Office toward the care OF
disabled soldiers. and a friend of hers,
a Russian princess. to perform the du =
ties OF scrubwoman
To the minds of people Of other
Christian nations it does not seem Ia
the least remarkable that the sisters
of a convent should manage such a
home for injured soldiers. another ref
for very poor women. that they should
offer to the public a dispensary and
install free library, but In Russia.
even now. after four years of success
in the Convent of Mary and Martha.
the average inhabitant of Moscow, I'm
whose midst the nunnery stands. doer
not believe in the permanency Of the
movement.
lily could have even dreamed OF found
ing a new religious order in Russia
The ecclesiastical body, even. are said
to shake their heads at the idea. and
not to give full approval in their
hearts. The grand duchess had the
reputation of being the most beautiful
woman in all Europe, in 1910. when she
entered and endowed the convent