Word: cathedrale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hours before the funeral, umbrellas bobbed along the sidewalks in front of St. Paul's Cathedral. Along Detroit's Woodward Ave., the curious hung out of windows, perched on roofs and climbed the trees to get a better view. At the cathedral's entrance, the limousines disgorged...
On Easter Eve, Russians of all ages, types and uniforms milled about with the candles they would light at midnight. The greatest excitement centered around Epiphany Cathedral, where the Patriarch Alexei-assisted by his metropolitans and bishops-would officiate. Twelve thousand Muscovites churned and shouted gaily in the clear starry...
Outside, at 2 a.m. Easter morning, thousands still stood before the cathedral, listening to the music and occasionally crossing themselves. As they drifted away, acquaintances gave the traditional Russian Easter greeting, "Christ is risen," and the answer, "He is truly risen," and exchanged the ceremonial three kisses.
As the archbishop starts the Mass, José points with a baton at Santa María de Guadalupe, and the bell begins tolling. One by one José brings in the other bells, not just the eight played on ordinary days, but special bells like San Pedro, San Antonio...
Said French Novelist Barbey d'Aurevilly: "Léon Bloy is a cathedral gargoyle who pours the waters of heaven down on the good and on the wicked."