THE RUSSIAN CHURCH
A DARINC MONK. STARTS A REFORM MOVEMENT.By TctecraDU-Press Associatlon-OoDyriEht (Rec. April 24, 9.20 p.m.) St. Potersburg, April 24. 'A monk named Iliodor triumphed over the efforts of the Holy Synod, tho Government, and the police to removo him from his office at Tsaritzin. Iliodor is now regarded as a demigod, and his twelve thousand followers form the nucleus of a" reform movement in tho Orthodox Church, which is threatening to overturn the hierarchy. REGARDED AS A MARTYR, "IMPIOUS CULTURED CLASSES." (Rec. April 24, 9.55 p.m.) . St. Petersburg, April 24. Iliodor's exploit appeals to millions of humbler church members, who regard him as a martyr saved by the Tsar's intervention.
Iliodor has started a campaign against the "impious" cultivated classes.
The members of tho Black Hundred (one of the extrcmo reactionary sections in Russia) are rejoicing at his success.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1110, 25 April 1911, Page 7
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