Word: ivana
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hand, an icon in the other, the Metropolitan Hilarion ("the Merry One") was first to welcome Their Majesties home. On the wharf a comely company of Bulgarian maidens poured water on the feet of Tsar Boris, a similar group of young men sprinkled his bride, now Tsaritza Ivana, as a hope that their lives might be as smooth as the surface of water...
Near the station unruly exuberant crowds burst through the triple line of guards, stormed the royal coach in an effort to touch Tsaritza Ivana's gown...
...from the second service was the exchange of rings. Reporters noted that while both the Chief Rabbi and Grand Mufti (Mohammedan) of Bulgaria were present, the Apostolic Visitor to Bulgaria did not attend; noted too that Groom Boris crossed himself repeatedly in the Orthodox manner (right to left), Bride Ivana in the Catholic manner (left to right...