Identifier: religionofrussia00bishrich (find matches)
Title: The religion of Russia. A study of the Orthodox Church in Russia from the point of view of the Church in England
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Bishop, George Bernard Hamilton
Subjects: Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov
Publisher: London, The Society of SS. Peter and Paul
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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PUBLIC WORSHIP 19 Petrograd one finds the cathedrals of S. Isaak, of Our Ladyof Kazan, of SS. Peter and Paul, and so on. As a matter offacl, S. Isaaks is the cathedral proper of the capital, and theothers are what we should call collegiate churches. S. Isaaks is a massive building in the Renaissance style,constructed entirely of granite and marble. Its vast domeis covered with plates of gold, which prepare one for themagnificence of the interior. The ikonostas is speciallyremarkable for its beauty. The royal gates in the centreare of bronze, plated with gold, and together they weighabout a ton. On either side of the gates is a pillar of lapislazuli, deep blue in colour; the pair were erected at a costof thirty thousand pounds. The screen itself is of Italianmarble, and has embedded in it eight tall pillars of greenmalachite set upon bronze bases. Between them are six hugeikons worked in mosaic. Those near the royal gates areof Italian workmanship, which is of finer grain than theRussi

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