Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-27 | Page 20 | Strange as it Seems

STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By John Hix G KE Fb ON A JIM a rappel 6 EA R RIV R IhK E To ToP Tit li P CW e s z 1 I Mo r MoN MaNtY y Chicago PAPERS OH THE CORrIER FoR Ay PA of 58 P Ei X 5 Hark and p I 37 11 j r r n 0 Or r IA i W WM t l o fD y s A Ail L OP OF A RU 6 cPus THE s HuRCH of t Sop I IA tf C Coc op e J W n e e 1 oth y 4 t tI I 0 38 r a I RELIGION OF BEAUTY In an effort to unite Russia under one common religion Prince Princ Vladimir tenth century ruler undertook a thorough study of the M Mohammedan Mohammedan Mo- Mo Hebrew Roman and Greek forms of worship Vladimir sent emissaries to neighboring countries to study and r report report re- re port on what they found Those sent to Constantinople attended th the rites of the Greek church in St St. Sophia a remarkable structure built b by Justinian later destroyed and rebuilt So carried away were they by the beauty and magnificence of th the church and the Christian rites rit s that they reported to Vladimir We di did not know whether we were on earth or in heaven Impressed Vladimir immediately declared that the religion of th the Greek Orthodox church should be adopted officially throughout all aU Russia Rus Rus- sia It remained the Russian religion until all aU churches were destroyed after the revolution Copyright 1938 for The Telegram