4 2 TRAVELS TO THE EAST. 
Town, liberty to go whither I pleafed, and pro- 
mifed to take care that the mountains and places 
where I intended to botanize fliould be clear, 
which I efteemed the heft reward I could delire. 
The Greek and Armenian churches kept this 
week (April 12) holy. They ufe the Old Style 
as we do in Sweden ; but our Celfian amendment 
of theSwedifh almanack brings ourEafter and Lent 
at the fame time with the Roman Catholics and others 
that follow the New Style. The ceremonies, which 
certainly make the greateft part of the divine wor- 
fhip amongft the Chriftians here, were better to be 
feen this week than at any other time, becaufe now 
they were to be more devout. They all tend, and 
were by the ancients evidently inftituted, to Ihew 
and reprefent all which the Scriptures liiftorically 
tell us of Chrift’s fufferings, refurrection and his 
great works. On Tliurfday preceding Good Fri- 
day, was celebrated a commemoration of Chrift’s 
walking the difciples feet, in both churches. 
On Good Friday, they reprefented the burial 
according the Scriptures. On Eafter, was per- 
fonally Ihewn the Refurreftion of Chrift ; however, 
the perfon of our Saviour was not reprefented by 
any body, but painted on a table with an enfign 
in his hand, which was carried by priefts. The 
Greeks have likewife proceflions, but dare not go 
farther than round the church, though the Roman 
Catholics go through all French-Street, from the 
Capuchins to the Jefuits Convent. They have this 
liberty as fubje&s of European powers; but the 
Grecians are not allowed, as they are fubje&s of the 
Turkifti Emperor. I faw the ceremony of walhing 
the feet performed by the Greek Bilhop at 1 1 
o’clock in the forenoon, in their largelt church Sr. 
Pholini, which was done in this manner : After mals 
had been read in the veltry, where the priefts and 
Bilhop 
