. In joyful Russia. e looked well, but sad, and bowed with statelydignity to the cheering multitude through which shepassed. At the door of the cathedral her Majesty was metby the Metropolitan of Moscow and his assisting clergy,who presented to her the cross and the holy water. Afterthis she took her place in the church on the throne of theTsar Alexis Mikhalilovitch, which was placed on a specialdais and surmounted by a magnificent canopy. A few ofthe more important members of her suite remained in thecathedral, but the large majority passed out by anotherdoor and waited for the conclusion of
. In joyful Russia. e looked well, but sad, and bowed with statelydignity to the cheering multitude through which shepassed. At the door of the cathedral her Majesty was metby the Metropolitan of Moscow and his assisting clergy,who presented to her the cross and the holy water. Afterthis she took her place in the church on the throne of theTsar Alexis Mikhalilovitch, which was placed on a specialdais and surmounted by a magnificent canopy. A few ofthe more important members of her suite remained in thecathedral, but the large majority passed out by anotherdoor and waited for the conclusion of the service in theSynodal Chamber hard by. After the Dowager Empresshad entered the cathedral, an ofiicial known as the Treas-urer of the Emperor, carrying the cross, assisted by twodeacons, went over the course to be traversed by the Em-peror, and sprinkled it with the holy water the deacons car-ried. This function, much to my surprise, was the signal fora flourish of trumpets and the ringing of bells and THE CROWNING OF A TSAR. 123 After this had been done, the Arch Grand Marshal in-formed his Majesty that the august moment had arrivedfor him to proceed to the cathedral, and the Tsar and theTsaritsa entered the throne room and took their placeson the throne which I have already described, to awaitthe formation of the procession by which they were to beaccompanied. A flourish of trumpets by the trumpeterof the Chevalier Guards announced the moment of thedeparture of the Emperor from the throne room. I willgive a brief statement of the order of the procession whichaccompanied him: 1. A detachment of the Chevalier Guards—^the regi-ment of the Dowager Empress. 2. The Pages, and Pages of the Chamber. 3. The Masters of Ceremony. 4. A group of the rural representatives of the these the eldest fourteen were allowed to remain in thecathedral; the rest waited outside. 5. The Mayors of the two capitals. 6. Delegates from the Grand Duchy of Finland. Following these
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