Russia Her Strength And Her Weakness a Study of the Present Conditions of the
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It is, therefore, easily understood that drunkenness is a widespread vice among the Orthodox clergy. This fact is recognised by the government. By the terms of an administrative law issued by the present Chief Procurator of the Holy Synod, Pobyedonostseflf, the "service lists" of each pope contain as one of the paragraphs requiring official answers the remark ' ' in what measure does he indulge in intoxicating drink? " Such a paragraph, sighs our pope, does not occur with other members of the g...overn- ment. It will be noticed that our pope reckons himself among the government officials, purely and simply. And he is quite right in doing this. It is not necessary to accept these pictures as typical for the whole Orthodox clergy. They undoubtedly show only certain phases of it. But making every al- lowance, the conditions under which the great majority of this clergy live are far from satisfactory. I, et us, for instance, examine the budget of the Holy Synod — the body which superintends all questions of salary, etc.
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