Watch him to-night and see how he leaves the dinner party." Priests of the Greek Church wear their hair very long, frequently below the shoulders, and parted in the middle, and do not shave the beard.

Unlike those of the Catholic Church, they marry and have homes and families, engaging in secular occupations which do not interfere with their religious duties.

During the evening after the wedding, I was introduced to "the pope's wife;" and learned that Russian priests are called popes.

As the only pope then familiar to my thoughts is considered very much a bachelor, I was rather taken aback at this bit of information.

The drink-loving priest was head of a goodly sized family, and resided in a comfortable and well furnished dwelling.
[Illustration: RUSSIAN MARRIAGE.] At the wedding there was much recitation by the priests, reading from the ritual of the Church, swinging of censers, singing by the chorus of male voices, chanting and intonation, and responses by the victims.
There were frequent signs of the cross with bowing or kneeling.