The Turk and his lost provinces : Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia . RECENT HISTORY AND POLITICS 187 The old monastery has come to considerable notori-ety recently, because of a report that Miss Stone wasconcealed within its walls, and the building wasthoroughly searched by the soldiers under orders fromthe government at Sofia. This invasion and profana-tion of the holy place caused great indignation amongmembers of the Greek Church throughout Bulgaria,who blamed the American missionaries and threatenedreprisals. The hostility of the monks against mission-ary proselyting is much more bitter an
The Turk and his lost provinces : Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia . RECENT HISTORY AND POLITICS 187 The old monastery has come to considerable notori-ety recently, because of a report that Miss Stone wasconcealed within its walls, and the building wasthoroughly searched by the soldiers under orders fromthe government at Sofia. This invasion and profana-tion of the holy place caused great indignation amongmembers of the Greek Church throughout Bulgaria,who blamed the American missionaries and threatenedreprisals. The hostility of the monks against mission-ary proselyting is much more bitter and vindictive thanis shown by the regular parish clergy, because thelatter as a rule are better educated. They mingle withthe world, and therefore are more liberal in their viewson all subjects. It is not altogether certain that the monks of were blameless of complicity in Miss Stonesabduction, but there is no proof that they had anyshare in or knowledge of the outrage. The suspicionis based upon knowledge of previous relation with the b
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