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NYWJ.750.014
9 May 1750:11 (854)
Petersbourg, Jan 25 NS.
The ceremony of consecrating the water, was performed here
on the 17th instant, in the following manner [14 lines About
eleven the procession began, which was composed of the monks
and fryars of the different religious orders, singing
spiritual hymns, the Archbishop of Novogorod walking in the
middle. They were preceded by four priests, carrying the
banners, and following by the rest of the clergy . . . [2
lines] they began the ceremony with singing a Mass . . .
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