ASSASSINATED.
AN EXARCH OF THE GREEK CHURCH. EY T^MiGEAriI—PBHB3 ASSOCIATION—OOPYBiaHI TlfflS, June 11. : ■ The Exarch of Georgia was assassinated 011 the doorstep of tho synod building "at* Tiflis, in Russian Transcaucasia. The assassin escaped. ■ . . •,, Later the chief of tho political police, who was ontrusted with the case, was murderously assaulted. An attempt to seize tho documents in the case failed. The assailant escaped. In the Grefk Glutrch nn Exarch is a legate of a patriarch, whose duty it is to sustain the authority of tho patriaroli, and to.obtain accurate information concerning the lives of the clergy, ecclesiastical observances, monastic discipline, etc., in_tlie provinces .assigned to him. The power of. the., Exarch, is very great. They can absolve, depose, "or excommunicato in tho name s of the patriarch.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 223, 13 June 1908, Page 5
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127ASSASSINATED. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 223, 13 June 1908, Page 5
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