fulfilling the demands of this faith, he had for the last 15

years been able to draw an income, which enabled him to keep his

family, send his son to a gymnasium and his daughter to a school

for the daughters of the clergy. The deacon believed in the same

manner, and even more firmly than the priest, for he had

forgotten the substance of the dogmas of this faith, and knew

only that the prayers for the dead, the masses, with and without

the acathistus, all had a definite price, which real Christians