New Britain herald., 1930-02-25
Factories, Opera and Movie All Running On Sunday-Students Study Atheist Exhibits Por- traying Miracles - Eat Little Food.
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@o-ro". i',h. -5 G'rY The cor- rnd1"Jor@. contrasts and pnrnIuA- Hl~s or "ntj-rcf4iou+ Sov.. Eus.ia H"r" fog~fHiNE drmon~rard in No~"o" Sunday O h. vHr riant of tin" rod "rmE lhn hymns or cathedral rho.r~. fh" hum or faror> ~malH and rha folhnG Of at hw4r na. church bell.
 In 1 r.mmna house tha u,ws rro1 of tho uomrnt showed >.ou0 rarrory uorHmoH- all volunteers who vlf,. not paid d"noltshju~ tho St. simon monastery. onr" Inc afodn of lEau tl" Terrible, 10 mako room for a lHr@" palacn of culture. And in tn.. Mo4coVitn Hnti-roli4IouS museum. "h"u was o0ro . monastcrE, thron21 of NouH@ Russians studied exhibits. chants and riafur,S which have sonlE on" runosc-tha I"aehi04 Of aobo- ss3u
 ThroushoHt thc day thorr VAS not t." Sljeht~Sr indication that the rap- tnl VAS disturbed or influenced by thn worldwide a@ttatiou which has arisen in tHa last few weeks against the Soviet a0rj-rrl@jous movement.
 tn answer 1o }h- question Of "hosh,r tho popularr has a raM splr- n oG solf-sacrjfj"o towards thr cnm- mHnis,i. state or morrly an attjtudr ol resignation 10 the inevitable was mol 10 b" found in Inc inpasSivo faces Of thousands ~Doidly p~rscnt- ing ration cards at commiSsary stores. or listening 1o tna cry of "War dangcr" in Rcd Square. or ait- in@ in the thmnod ranks of NOT shippers ot tho stately Cathedral of Our Holy Savior near thn Nramlln.
 Churches NUIl Open
 NotHUhsranding thr pro-athriSt eanpafEn conducted with increasfu- ylgor Tor f2 years Moscow s I.5o0 churcuos- only loo haEa haon dI- Nrricd o other uses or demolished - fuurronrd ls usual although with greatly drpltad congrr@atJouS com pared 10 thr days Of 1hn rzars
 1 WIS surprised 10 hear church bell ringing sunday morning. l at tended morning service If the raut d Cathedral ol Our Iloi> Savior which W2s tho faNOrjja church of in" late czar and cz1rina Ahou 5o1 persons We're thrr~. compared ro five times That number who would have al- tended in tho nro-rrvoluion daEs. The small att"udauccs now are due both 10 lhn incoSeaut antj-rljZi0u4 rropHgand1 aud thn fact that Sun dar is a WornjU2 day. Jhc sawn aS any week day i0 lbn factories. shops. motion picture thnatrr+ and in. opera WIT" ali rmnu-.
 The conversation however. ""@ a4 dnNout as any cyor srnu ul St ruu]& in London, s. Pctcr's in Rom, or S' patricN's in New York. Most of them were adults They sra0cd deeply moved by tho sohmn and pjc- lurosquc orGuodo@ church rlrumoui- al and the macnJflrent antphonal chords,
 From fha raGnodral taxrd-- light automobiles are now h.@iunju2 n disrlaco rhs ancient droSHktes and aloigns-past the medieval ralnrdraj oG St EasIt which WAS appropriated hy tho state a> a national monument adionn@ Eed %mHrr "hora the preserved body Of Lrnin has been ruea5od in glass. Tho usual Ions queue of Lr0ta's norahtnnors was nbsrnt a~ thr origlual Noodon mausolo1am which t.mporar.ly hou~- r4 his body was surrounded hg hi~h raneo prndIn@ reconstruction of the buildn- in stone.
 When that has bo,n dono. thr crowds Wiu come again daily Q @aze m as>~ on tm' Ufr-llko emhajmnd corpse under 1'~ 2las~, a holy Snru" "nIhofc of tao principles which