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Page 233
... round in the same way . At the ninth hour of the Eve of the Nativity , that is , at midnight , the bells rang , and the people flocked in haste to the churches . Between the two great bell - towers is a church dedicated under the title ...
... round in the same way . At the ninth hour of the Eve of the Nativity , that is , at midnight , the bells rang , and the people flocked in haste to the churches . Between the two great bell - towers is a church dedicated under the title ...
Page 250
... round the convent . It is smaller than the Convent of the Holy Trinity , but is built on precisely the same plan . I compared the one to the bride , and the other to the bridegroom ; and , in truth , such is their propor- tion , as we ...
... round the convent . It is smaller than the Convent of the Holy Trinity , but is built on precisely the same plan . I compared the one to the bride , and the other to the bridegroom ; and , in truth , such is their propor- tion , as we ...
Page 322
... round . The second round he drinks in the name of the festival ; the third , to the health of the Emperor of the Turks , three times . At the very instant the Beg began to drink , immediately three guns were fired , and the tabors ...
... round . The second round he drinks in the name of the festival ; the third , to the health of the Emperor of the Turks , three times . At the very instant the Beg began to drink , immediately three guns were fired , and the tabors ...
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afterwards Aleppo Almighty ancient Antioch Archimandrite Archons arrived attended banquet beautiful began bells blessing Bokaresht Bolkhov brought built called calpack castle celebrated chaunted Chmiel Christians church Clergy Constantine Constantinople Convent of St Cossacks Crâl cross cupola custom Damascus Danube Deacons dedicated dinars distance drachms Emperor Empress entered festival four Galatz gate Grandees Greek hand handsome Hasan Pasha Heads holy horses hundred images imperial inhabitants janissaries journey kissed Kniaz Lady latias Lord the Patriarch Majars Majesty master Matthi Voivoda mentioned Metropolitan Moldavia Monks morning Moscow mountains Muscovites name of St Nicolas night okkas palace passed performed Mass person piastres Poles pray prayers present Priests returned river road robes round Saint saying SECT sent side Sinope Sobor Soltan Sotnik Stolniks stone Sunday Tartars Teshrin thousand Thursday Tocat took Torghisht town troops Turks Vazir versts village Voivoda Wallachia walls whilst whole Αγιασμός