New-York tribune. [volume], April 11, 1909, Page 4, Image 20

About New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
4
EASTEB ,S OBSKHVKI, IN MOST COUNTRIES, BUT NOWHERE SO STRENUOUSLY AS IX THE IIOLV LAM>, , :
EASTER BRAWLS FEARED.
Christian Sects in Holy City Again
it en Violi nee.
l-„ have reci ntly broki
seel at Jei
elebrai n of East* r b
f the F ■ of ]
n ill : • bra« Is and bloodshe <! than
Witliin 11 t centur; hund
have !■ ■ n kill* d and woundi d in
theological disputes within the most sacred
preeinel I it until lately it was thought that a
. :,: [ ;,, i bad been established among
tin Lvan : • sects. The dethronement of the
patriarch Damianos, who strove t<> i
cile th< extreme elements, indicates th-it argu
may \>< resumed with weapons of vio
l> !i. • Heres; is r:.. academic < i v- •-; r i> •; s in the
Holy City, .:n.l disagreements <'ii ]<•::
dogma ..!• often punctuated \. i:!i dags • or
< lub.
While the Christians fighi the Turkish au
thorities i'»'k on with contemptu
m< tit ■ .lit' ;■• si «? of la « and
or<lt-r ■>>. li- t; \ ;■:■!:.. goes too far. At th-
Church of th< Nativity, in Bethlehem, and the
Church > r thi Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem,
the soldiers of the Sultan stand on guard to
pn-vc-nl ■i~ I ins from slaughterii
md r. Lei ■ thi dan
•.■> hen < Jre< k, i !opt, Syriai
-■„ n. Ahyssii I End i >thi r va riel i< :~
„1 ( -i . ock to tin
t !:. ! d».-ath of th< pc - proi I
Nazai •: ■ . Each iecl has a l ■■ : ■ ! of its o'vvn
red ' tur< I separai '
ar< •- - - < I foi worship, but t!:" eiin- : nl
grc>ups of belit-vers an inclined I ■ intrude on
on< iinother and interruj riti i; w 1 1 1 1
ti^lj. •
Th- imim nsi ■ h.urches ci ntain ■!..: g
dimlj lijchi d i;atsagfs, narrow, steep stairways
ami d; nd ran s, illumined only by
the Bi< . -l.t of tallow candl
oil lai rom the ceiling. Ir. th. s
passages and subterranean chambers desperati
duels ■ ke place, and Lreacherous
sectarians, knivts under tlnir cloaks, li«. in wait
fur their enemies. During festival seasons a
larg numbei <:' Turkish soldiers :n-<. distributed
through the churches, and especially they f"< .r-rn
a barricade around the appointed sit< of a par
ticular ceremony, guarding the chancel and
establishing police lines against intrusive se<
At any i iom< :.t the solemn i«'!iii> of
tin ril ken by thi its of men,
: i< ! ■:■ of v.i. mi !i ;ithl thi i lash of weapons.
Fainting women ;i;v trodden under foot by
panicstricken pilgrims men attack one another
, ■ a bout v. ith the butts of
the : or draw the ir swords against fanatic
combatants. Wh«*n the churi !i is cleared the
marble Boor li oks lik<- a battlefield, strewn with
. ;.n rs, i aps and shawls and shre
garmi i by i Is of blood. The
i vi tin scene adds to
the . .
Ti i rcccnl outbreak between Syriai
Grec-k irch bs
1 ■ ;:i; :i \ iew of the i
r ■ i tin Turks, re
from the Sultan's i rant of a
BLESSING THE CAKES, AN EASTER CUSTOM IN RUSSIA.
After going to church on Easter Eve the Russian returns home to attend the ceremony of blessing the Easter cakes.
The table is loaded with cakes, eggs and other delicacies, and friends and relatives are invited to the repast, which
is partaken of standing, after the priest has pronounced his blessing. — The GruyUi*
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. APRIL tt. 1909.
July. The constitution {:;;>■ made the Mahom
ral; they ' to salui
ins \\ ith the greeting hithi rto i
f..i- their on n co-rel "1
you," and they have ope ned I ' of the
thrice sacred Mi to all perse ns of
Mahomt tan and
BITTER ENMITY OF RIVAL CHRISTIAN SECTS I N JERLSALEV -LAR ■
Generally speaking, it is the Mahon
is the disturbing element in t u e N2; E«
events in Arabia and Egynt have
demonstrated to the wi
he be Turk. Arab cr Mai .er of
Islam is intoierant of rival ere -;s re
ligion enjoins i ;jon h i rr- the d :.
jnen all infide's. In Jeruc: ■•• •. ho\
jusly enough, in the city so lo;-.q i -entities .yfa
the life of Him -,vhc tsuqht the doctrine c : ■
and pood will en earth toward men, T.-lj
soldiers rr>aintair. crdtr and prevent th* -|p
sects from fly::in at one another's throats. es
pecially is this the crs? at ITie a.nual cert-ri.'i
of the 'Holy Fi-e." «•. hen. according to ar.-M
■ radition. the racred fire desc;ndi from Hafi
BAPTIZ A J£Wi=-H. f
In the Middle Ages, on
char -a Here the, *« '*
•ion The cnr»reßc*^B
a Jewish child c«Hs!yS*!"