Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1918 — Vestments of the Russian Clergy Are Most Costly [ARTICLE]

Vestments of the Russian Clergy Are Most Costly

The robes of the Russian clergy are the richest and most costly in the world. They are unattainable under £2OO . Of course, notes a writer, a priet-t cannot pay this cash down, so the holy synod advances him the money, and then deducts it from his stipend. In the House of the Holy Synod, situated inside the Kremlin, may be seen vestments of fabulous value. One is embellished with the Nicene creed, embroidered in pearls, estimated to be worth anything between £200,000 and £350,000. There are no fewer than seven miters studded with diamonds, rubies and emeralds; also golden crosiers of rare workmanship. The exact value of these treasures has never been divulged, but it is said that if a person offered £45,000,000 for the House of the Holy Synod and secured its contents he would make a great bargain.