TO SMYRNA. 45 
a window reached out to them the Sacrament. He 
had bread and wine mixt together in afilver cup, of 
■Which he gave a tea fpoonful to every body that 
advanced. This was done as the people were prefi- 
xing out of the church. The confeffion had been 
before made, which is done here as in the Latin 
church, each confefling by himfelf (Confefiio Au- 
ricularis). The Greek church enjoins children to 
be confeffed as foon as they can fpeak, and they 
even give them the Lord’s Supper. The Armenians 
performed this aft in the afternoon; but it was far 
from making the appearance which that of the Gre- 
cians did. It was done before the altar in the 
church by one of their chief priefts, as they have 
no Bifhop living here, but are fubordinate to the 
bifhops of other congregations who now and then 
^ifit them. Mafs was firft read ; the prieft was 
dreffed in a pall, and had an epifcopal mitre of 
filver ; he feated himfelf on a carpet ; before him 
hood a chair, in which fuch as were to be walhed 
feared themfelves one by one. The firft that were 
Walhed were twelve priefts, but the humility was 
carried farther than with the Greeks; for here the 
Whole congregation had this liberty, without dif- 
t’nguiftiing the richeft merchant from the loweft 
errant of the liable, of which two conditions this 
congregation chiefly confifts. The priefts walhed 
dried the feet, and anointed them with frelh 
utter which they faid was made put of the firft 
1 t of a young cow. The perfon walhed and 
biffed the prieft’s head, went chearfully 
Va y* a ®d made room for another, which they told 
<e would l alt a good part of the night. On each 
v ° til< - prieft was a number of people, old and 
th ] l ° ' n '■be fame difagreable tone as 
iiweks had done; but in the literal Armenian 
tongue. 
