Photo by Gilbert H. Grosvenor 

 THE BElAUTlFUIv RI;de;e;mSR gate to the KREMUN : MOSCOW 



Every man when passing under this gate must uncover. In the old days all the religious 

 processions left and entered the Kremlin by this gate, the metropolitan, or head of the 

 church, heading the procession mounted on a donkey, which was led by the Tsar, bareheaded. 

 When the Russians rose against the rule of the Poles, according to tradition, they forced 

 their wav into the Kremlin through this gate (1613), the metropolitan leadmg the way and 

 carrying an icon of our Saviour behind him. Later this icon v/as mounted over the gate 

 (see next page), and the Tsar, Alexis, ordered that any man who failed to uncover as he 

 passed through should be compelled to prostrate himself 52 times. 



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