A GREEK FUNERAL.
Some curious ritos are observed at the' funeral of high functionaries in the Greek Church. When the Greek Archbishop of Corfu died the breath was hardly out of his body when the corpse was dressed in episcopal robes, and, without being embalmed, taken to the cathedral and placed in a golden armchair, surrounded with lighted capers, with the mitre in one hand and the Gospel in the other. The populace thronged to the church to view the body and to kiss the Archbishop's band. In the procession to the grave was the corpse, tied to the armchair — still holding the mitre and Gospel — carried by priests in gorgeous vestments. On arriving at the cemetery (says a correspondent of the Daily Graphic, from whom we quote), the body was taken into the church, and from there to the grave, which was like a small room. A stone chair had been built in the middle, on which the corpse was seated, and a hanging oil-lamp was arranged from the arch above.
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Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 30, 3 August 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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172A GREEK FUNERAL. Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 30, 3 August 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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