. Travels and politics in the Near East. CORPUS CHRISTI DAY AT MOSTAR.(From a Photo, by Miss Cliadwick.) candidates acquitted themselves, and punctuated theirdissertations on Anglican theology and the Council of Balewith exclamations of Dobro, dobro ! (Good, good ! )at frequent intervals. The Russian press is fond of com-plaining that the Austro-Hungarian authorities interferewith the liberties of the Orthodox Church, but a verymarked improvement in the character of that body hasbeen perceptible since the Occupation. Prior to thatdate, as in Bulgaria before the finiiaii of 1870, the eccle- 92.
. Travels and politics in the Near East. CORPUS CHRISTI DAY AT MOSTAR.(From a Photo, by Miss Cliadwick.) candidates acquitted themselves, and punctuated theirdissertations on Anglican theology and the Council of Balewith exclamations of Dobro, dobro ! (Good, good ! )at frequent intervals. The Russian press is fond of com-plaining that the Austro-Hungarian authorities interferewith the liberties of the Orthodox Church, but a verymarked improvement in the character of that body hasbeen perceptible since the Occupation. Prior to thatdate, as in Bulgaria before the finiiaii of 1870, the eccle- 92. Travels and Politics in the Near East siastical appointments were all bought and the bishopsrecouped themselves for their outlay at the expense oftheir unfortunate dioceses. But although the OrthodoxChurch in Bosnia is still dependent upon the authorityof the Greek Patriarch at Constantinople, an arrangementwas made with him in 1879 by which his nominationsto Bosnian bishoprics were subject to the approval of theAustrian Emperor. A general purification of religiouslife and a higher standard of theological attainmentsliave followed this change, and though difficulties some-times arise, as at Mostar last year, the Orthodox clergyis yearly becoming better educated—a great advantagein an Eastern country where religion plays such a largepart in all the relations of hfe. The Mussulmans, too,enjoy in Bosnia the fullest liberty of public worship. Inalmost every Bosnian village the mosque and the churchmay be seen side by side, and the muezzin calls thefaithful to prayer from the minaret of
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