Likely Seizure of Church Property.
Some sensation has been caused by persistent rumours that iv certain eventualities the Russian Treasury may draw upon Russian Church property in order to provide funds for the war. It is even rumoured that the Holy Synod has already been approached with the suggestion that ohurchs and monabteries should themselves voluntarily offer some of their valuables to the Sfate. Very large Bums could thus undonbtedly be placed at the disposal of the Treasury, but it is equally certain that any such tampering would be viewed with widespread dismay, and not least from the religious point of view. It is the middle classes and the peasantry quite as much as the Czars and the nobility who have enriched the national Church by their pious contributions. The bulk of the Church treasure is in solid gold, silver, bronze Mosaic work of extraordinary value, and ikons and sacred paintings, hundreds of which are practically priceless and could never be replaced.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxii, Issue 6458, 30 December 1904, Page 2
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162Likely Seizure of Church Property. Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxii, Issue 6458, 30 December 1904, Page 2
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