Travelogues; . IHK ICE-BKEAKER refreshment-market, where smihng Siberians presiding oversteaming samovars dispensed good tea and cheap but whole-some food. At Verchneudinsk we find, side-tracked betweentwo freight-cars, the celebrated church on wheels. Thisitinerant Basilica is a complete Orthodox sanctuary, for ithas even a chime of bells at one end, golden crosses on the roof, and an elaborate equipment onthe inside for the performanceof the full Greek ritual. Pending the comple-tion of the permanentchurches which arebuilding all along theline, this rollingplace of worshiphlls a void felt by
Travelogues; . IHK ICE-BKEAKER refreshment-market, where smihng Siberians presiding oversteaming samovars dispensed good tea and cheap but whole-some food. At Verchneudinsk we find, side-tracked betweentwo freight-cars, the celebrated church on wheels. Thisitinerant Basilica is a complete Orthodox sanctuary, for ithas even a chime of bells at one end, golden crosses on the roof, and an elaborate equipment onthe inside for the performanceof the full Greek ritual. Pending the comple-tion of the permanentchurches which arebuilding all along theline, this rollingplace of worshiphlls a void felt bythe devout and theprayerful emigrants. A TINV TAKA>JTA3S 302 THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY
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