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Page 392
... fire in the town was on the first night of the Great Lent . But the Stalia Convent stood a severe siege , being oecupied by a troop of Cossacks with their wives , who fought to the death with an united body of Turks and Tartars , until ...
... fire in the town was on the first night of the Great Lent . But the Stalia Convent stood a severe siege , being oecupied by a troop of Cossacks with their wives , who fought to the death with an united body of Turks and Tartars , until ...
Page 469
... fire - wood with hot holy water , which was set over the second grate for this purpose : then he placed it over the lighted tapers with a portion of the hemp , after having sprinkled the grate with the ' Ayladuós ; and he lighted up the ...
... fire - wood with hot holy water , which was set over the second grate for this purpose : then he placed it over the lighted tapers with a portion of the hemp , after having sprinkled the grate with the ' Ayladuós ; and he lighted up the ...
Page 471
... fire , from morning till noon . The same ceremony was observed as the first time , in reading verses , flapping fans , & c .; and we then removed the mixture from the fire , to cool ; purified it ; and put the aromatics aside by ...
... fire , from morning till noon . The same ceremony was observed as the first time , in reading verses , flapping fans , & c .; and we then removed the mixture from the fire , to cool ; purified it ; and put the aromatics aside by ...
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