MOSCOW. 
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CHAP. 
IV. 
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Ceremony 
of the Re- 
surrection. 
Twelve monks, designed to represent the twelve 
Apostles , were placed in a semicircle before 
the archbishop. The ceremony was performed 
in the cathedral, which was crowded with 
spectators. The archbishop, performing all 
and much more than is related of our Saviour 
in the thirteenth chapter of St. John, took off 
his robes, girded up his loins with a towel, and 
proceeded to wash the feet of all the monks, 
until he came to the representative of Peter, 
who rose and stood up; and the same inter- 
locution passed, between him and the archbishop, 
which is recorded to have taken place between 
our Saviour and the apostle. 
The third, and most magnificent ceremony 
of all, is celebrated two hours after midnight, 
in the morning of Easter Sunday. It is called 
the Ceremony of the Resurrection, and certainly 
exceeds every thing of the kind at Rome ; not 
even excepting the Papal benediction, during the 
holy week. 
At midnight, the great bell of the cathedral 
tolled. Its vibrations seemed to be the rolling 
of distant thunder; and they were instantly 
accompanied by the noise of all the bells in 
Moscoiv. Every inhabitant was stirring, and 
the rattling of carriages in th§ streets was 
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