THE RUSSIAN PATRIARCH.
CONDEMNED BY CONFERENCE. SUPPORTERS' HOPELESS FIGHT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. ' Received April 30, 9.45 a.m. "JV LONDON .April 29. ; The\ Daily Express'. Moscow correspondent ccports" that remarkable scenes were witnessed at the'Moscow District Church Conference, when representatives of the Greek Orthodox Church, the New Living Church, and the Revivalist Church were asked to condemn Archbishop Tikhon, the . Patriarch. For two days 47 of .his \ followers frantically fought their" opponents. They fell on their knees and began to chant the Greek orthodox ;' hymns whenever Archbishop Tikhon*s ■ name was mentioned. The prelates : and followers were, however, forced \ to abandon the fight and withdraw The remainder thereupon adopted a resolution virtually demanding the death penalty. -\ \ t
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15225, 30 April 1923, Page 5
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