POSSIBLE UNION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2147, 13 May 1914, Page 8

POSSIBLE UNION

* ■■■~■■■»■ — *-*<*- ... THE GREEK-'AND ANGLICAN -.■.-.■'■ QETOROBES. . Tho Rov, T)t. W. B> Frore, of the.. Community e£ tho Resurrection at Mir-' field', Yorkshire, delivered »i address at St. Petersburg recently before a distinguished gathering of Russian ecelesias■tits. IWPiticurator ofthe H*)ly Synod, Dr. SaMor, afterwards made- a short speech, 'in which lie said htt rejoiced .to se:b tho possibility of union b'ttivteii the Greek and Anglican Chiorebes. A remarkable service- ivas held hi St. John's Church, Bridgeport, Goftnccticti-t, U.S.A., on March 12, rii-idci* the auspices of the Anglican and Easterii-Of'thodox Churches tluien, with the iieilnissicni of the authorities of the respective Churches. invitations had been sent to the tfrciv'o" parishes of the Cliweb and their rectejs in and n&i.r the city. $id■to the eight Orthodox parishes and their priests mow established in t-lio diocese- of Connecticut, As a result tho largo and beautiful church -was crowded with IGOt) people—Russians, Greeks, Bulgarians, and It was inspiring to s-e-o stiolt a congregation; Ma:»y could liat find seafe and crowded the aisles ana the hack of the elmftc'b. Many companies of Women c-aiiie with their white silk handkerchiefs tied over their heads, and largo delegations of men frotfi the I'nn-Hdlnnie Union. Tho. men seamed to he in the majority, and all told to outnumber the women, American people wero there- also from most of tbo parishes invited. I'ha service was the regular awning service :of tho -Orthodox Catholic Church, fifi©Hiet» ed by eloi'g.v of that Church only. , Tire Rev. A. Pantclaif, of tlw Russian .Church of the Holy Ghost,' Kridgepojf, was in charge, assisted by tiro Greek Archimandrite, Father Dhwysius Pajiadotas, A large, welßraiaed Russian choir provided the tausSe, .Addresses were given by the above-mentioned, the first in Russian and the -second in Greek, also by.tho Rev. Charles to V. Bribe, tbo American secretary of the miion, and by Bishop Brewster, who closed the service,with his Messing. A dozen- fif tho Awer-iean clergy were' rested and in the thancel.