CATHEDRAL ROBBED.
-'ORNAMENTS WORTH £20,800. BTToleßraph—Press Association—OoDrrteht ;..',.:,./■ St. Petersburgi April 21. A.robbery from,tKe Uspensky Cathedral, in. the •Kremlini Moscow, is reported; A , .- diamond ■ ornament, of the value of £20,000, was taken from - tne famous ikon of the Virgin, and ,'£Booo worth of other gems also disappeared. [While the Cathedral,is open, priests guard . the venerated , ornaments, keeping. clear a certain space before the altar. What:.might have, happened .is that the. thief- (or!'thieves)'- entered the cathedral during the ordinary hours; concealed himself, and- selected a suitable moment, te raid/the altar. It is probable that the venerated ornaments in Russian cathedrals are .more protected by 'their- Eacred character than by the quality of. their custodianship J
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 799, 23 April 1910, Page 5
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113CATHEDRAL ROBBED. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 799, 23 April 1910, Page 5
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