"Protopope" Quotes from Famous Books
... church at Odessa is a noble building, in the Grecian style, with domes and crosses. One day I entered it, when the protopope, or dean, was baptizing an infant. The day was excessively cold, there being upwards of ten degrees of frost, and the water in the font almost freezing. After the ceremony was over, I expressed to the ... — The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835 • Various |