New-York tribune., 1915-03-08
tionless ("like a candle" is the Russian

tionless ("like a candle" is the Russian
termD
Thursday evening, at the close OF
the services. a picture was taken OF the
dead Bishop and the circle Of celebrat-
ing clergy. After the clergy had re-
tired, representatives Of all the Syrian
societies, including women, made ad-
dresses from the chancel platform
about the great work which Bishop
Raphael had accomplished for his
people in America.
Saturday morning, after the liturgy
had been celebrated in Old Church
Slavonic and Greek by Bishop Alexan-
der and his clergy, and in Syrian by
the Syrians, while the choir OF the
Russian Theological Seminary from
Terahy, y. j., sang their part In Sla-
yonic. two requiem services were held,
the first by the Metropolitan Hermanos
Shchadah. of Selvcskia Mount Lebanon,
SYRIA (his black, waist-long hair con
cealed beneath his black caesock and
cloth of silver palD and the Syrian
clergy; and the second by Bishop Alex
ander and a few Russian priests, the
seminary choir singing. The syrian
clergy no longer kissed the dead
Bishops right hand. That lay at rest
forevermore. The raised left hand
supported a large cross, and this alone
was saluted. ,
Yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, the
liturgy was celebrated by Bishop
Alexander. standing at the right OF
Metropolitan Hermanos, on their eagle
rugs upon the dais at the head of
Bishop Raphael's coffin. AS was GUS
tomary, Bishop Alexander was vested
on the dais in magnificent vestments Of
silver brocade. Metropolitan Her
manos wore gold brocade and the tall
Metropolitan's mitre of crimson velvet
and gold, from whose crest rose dai-
mond cross The choir of the Russian
St. Nicholas Cathedral sang, except
during the brief intervals when the
Syrians chanted.
At a Iayman's funeral the clergy
wear black velvet and silver: at the
funeral of a priest or bishop, no
mourning Is worn and the fowerlike
vestments of the priests, mingling with
/ the magnificent floral pieces, produce
a very brilliant effect. The Syrian dea-
con wore pink brocade with a stole of
| blue and gold. AS only 500 people were
allowed by the authorities inside the
| cathedral, there was space for the cere-
mony of professions TO and from the
altar. At 12 o'clock the liturgy ended.
/ At 1880 the funeral began.
The singing was now done for the
Syrians by the boys and girls choir
! Of the Sunday school, wearing white
vestments with lavendar crosses, the
girls, with mortarboard caps, occasion
ally assisting the clergy. The Russian
singing was done by the clergy, assist
ed by the adult members of the choir
/ In all there were about forty priests,
1 Russian and Syrian, who chanted, the
/ Russians led by Archdeacon Vsevolod,
of the Russian Cathedral, with his
magnificent voice.
Among the hymns, which show the
spirit of the service, were:
"Give rest, Lord, TO the soul OF
thy servant and establish him in Para
disc. Where the choirs of the saints
o Lord, and of the just, shine like the
stars of heaven. give rest 10 thy ser
want, who hath fallen asleep, regarding
not all his transgressions."
"Forasmuch as we all are constrained
TO that same dread abode, and shall
hide ourselves beneath gravestone
like to this, and shall ourselves shortly
turn to dust, let us implore of Christ
rest for him who hath been translated
/ hence" ~
In the Eastern Church there are sew
eral orders of burial. One IS for q
child under seven years old, in which
no mention is made of sin, because o
child's sosIl els not grown" as the Rus
SLAMS say, until he is seven. Another
is for adult laymen; third, those
who die in Easter week, in which there
are almost no songs of mourning, but
all are songs of the JOY OF tie Resur-
rection; the fourth, for dead priests
| has five epistles and FIVE gospels. These
were read by the Syrians and the Rus
slams alternately, as were the many
! hymns, most of which were written by
! ST. John of Damascus.
/ Then at last the clergy made ad-
dresses. Father Basil kerbawy, dean OF
| the cathedral, Father Serglus Snegyer'
/ off aad others, in praise OF the blshop
/ Father kerbawy reduced the congregai'
/ tions TO tears. Bishop Alexander made
/ the last speech. directly addressing the
dead as he stood by the coffin.
After memory Eternal" had been
proclaimed in Syrian and in Old Church
/ Slavonic. with the addition OF the blsh-
{ ops It'll and name, the procession
] formed. Il is customary to carry the
body of a Bishop around the outside
of the church and 20 hold a brief ser
vice OF each of the four sides before
going to the graveyard. This consti'
/ tuted the funeral procession IN the
present case, and its route was along
Pacific Street 10 Henry Street, thence
TO State Street, then TO Nevins Street
and back along Pacific Street to the ca
thedral.
The procession formed in the follow