Field-Marshal Count Moltke's Letters from Russia
by Helmuth Moltke (9780217212977)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MASS IN THE IMPERIAL CHAPEL. 35 in the Imperial Chapel.?Beantiful Music.?The Empress-mother. ? Grand Duchess Marie Mon- plaiair.?Meals. Sunday, August 17ft.?To-day there was mass in the Pavilion of Peterhof, attended by the whole court. In the reception-room I met Severin: " J'al cu, Madame de Holtke a Berlin, plus lelle et plus gracieuse que ja- mais, et sa belle mere, qui acait Vair d'etre sa seur." The court arrived at twelve. The Emperor, in his general's uniform?green with a red collar embroidered with gold?led his annt, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, who wore a white lace dress and very fine diamonds. On her right walked the Empress Marie: t light blne with wide point-lace. The dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburp- Schwerin, a danghter of King Frederic William III. of Prussia; born 1803. t Marie Alexandrowna, born 1824, danghter of the late Grand Duke Louis II. of Hesse, and married to the Emperor since 1841. Theu followed the Emperor's four sons; the two oldest in the uniform of the Chevalier Guards, the thirdt in infantry uniform, and the youngest): in the blne marine blouse. Prince Peter of Oldenburg, with his two sons, and the Grand Duchess Michael-Nicholas, followed. They all stood during the whole mass, which lasted over an hour? even the aged Grand Duchess. Only the reigning Empress seated herself occasionally. The chapel is white and richly gilt. lu all Greek churches the sanctuary and the altar are separated from the main space by the ikmstase (the image screen). This screen has three doors, the centre one being called the Emperor's door, becanse only the Czar can go through it. It remains mostly closed; but a kind of trellis-work allows one to see a little of what goes on behind. The successor to the throne, died in 1SG5; and the...

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