Land of the Lion and the Sun Personal Experiences
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oung man and young w ma have meet unti two or three a y s before wed ng and are co sequently entire stran g rs Neve theless wh n the arrangements for the w dding are compl ted all informed of the appoint ed day Marriage must not be celebrated on fast days during do m i cal feast or unti s v en we ks after Easter but Mo day is cons i dered a propit i ous da y for r ligious ceremo y The re igious ceremo y at the church takes pl ce on Mo d y evening The priest and deacon arrive fore the guests ass mble the ing wedding garm ts Whe have t k their pl ces the pri st wi r pe t the Psa m after w ch he gives the right ha d of the girl into that of the man sa y ing When God p ese ted Eve ha d to Adam Adam said T s is now bo e of my bones flesh of m y fle h she shall be called woman because she was taken out of ther fo e shall a man leave his father and mother and shall cleave unto his wife and the y sh be one flesh What therefo God hath j oined together no man put asunder Then approach i g the i r f r h ads until they touch he t i es upon each with a cr i m son si k thread small cro s the man s cross a ittle lo g tha wom n s th t he may have a lo ger h d ov r his wife In some plac s the priest rest on thei u t d heads a sword a cross which is to r mi d them that unfaithful ess wi be followed by the d vi e wr th of which the sw rd is a typ While th y still hold g ach oth r hands the p i st t k s c ss holds it aloft me nwhile ps s being d p iest co cludes by ask th m if they p pa ed to be r the burd s fulfil all the duties connect d with mat im y by aski g th m qu stio s si lar to those asked in the w st chu ch s b ideg oom seats on a sof prepared this sp ci l cc sio and pl ces bride at right hand But all the guests wi l be se ted on the fl r and if th y have kniv s fo ks n with the fi st fing s the thumb will serv purpos Thei wedd ngs last f om th e seve s days ating drinking singing and da cing are the chief features of the wed ng The b ide is dressed in red pi k she must go for forty days On the fortieth after the w dding the bride is take the fount in or well the first time As she goes must k iss the hand the first p rso she chances to meet whether man or woman Ha v ing rrived at well she anoints the ston s with butter v idently to propit i ate the water spirits and throws handfu of corn to the birds This rite perform d is titled to fill her pitcher with the imp d wat r before b i ging it into the house she m st spill a small qu tity the ground as some elem t ry spi it might still floating on the surf ce not b ing thus th own out wo d take up his bod house e te into the body of some p rs drinki g the wat Polygamy vorces are f bidd n amo g the Arm ni n Sec nd marriage i s p rmitted to both sex s but the thi d is against the It is custom ry mo g Arm s as amo g the Ch isti atio s to i ste the s c ment sick dyi g p rs s Aft r admin st ation of the s cram t the priest leav s the dying person to sp d his last mome ts th th s to wh m he is most closely attach d by f mily ties Wh l st breath has b d wn co ps is c f lly wash d and a co s c at d w f is pl ced the lips and secured th with st ip of li s t ils y s fill d with c tt w l inc s the hands ti d t g th c ss d br st l gs f st d t g th by the l ge t s and body is ss d holid y c stum is surrounded ith f owers fr gra t h bs The pri st the d aco proc d to the house of mour i g to perform a servic p y so g corps the take to church f llow d by rel tives frie ds who show their regard for the departed by sigh groan For eight successive e v enings the priest vi s i ts house of mourn ng to o er prayers f or the departed so to c sole the af cted fa y On Saturday of week aft r the f unera the fam ily of the deceased makes and stributes to relatives f ie ds fu e al cakes to emind them that their prayers are desired for him The cl rg y visit the graves on the s co d sev th and fift th days fter buria in order to repeat p rt of the funeral ceremony and so insu e the repos of dead Good F iday is the day ord ined by custom for v i s i t ing grav s of dece sed relatives After weeping and lam ti g ov r the remains of th ir lost es some of them may have bee dead five or six years the mourn ers dry th ir t ars e joy the good things w ch th y hav pr vid d thei an ual festival Whe ev r two mor chil e of a fami y ha v e ed in inf ncy n xt born is passed three times th ough a kind of i on tripod I f sti another child es ext b is placed where fou roads meet a silver c oss which ne wome who the name of M a o Ma y have give the metal is laid on its body the first passer is sked to be g dfather or godm th r to it I f a chi d under the age of nine years s the pa ts e gage a p iest pray constantl y for a pe i d of eight d ys An Arm i child is baptized wh n eight da s old It is carri d to church by the godfather d relat i ves The pr i est hen recites a ternately w i th deacon the and Ps l m w i e a tr i ng o f red and w te threads i s being twisted which when ished is blessed prayed over and reserved for the subsequent ceremo y confi m tion The party vances into the church where the m i dw i fe kneels as man y times as the infant numbers days The child i s then aid on the threshold of the church where it remains w le the godfather mak s his sacrame tal con in order that he may perform the office of spon sor whi e in a state of grace After a few ceremon es hav bee perfor m ed do rs of church are closed and remain so unt l v erse of the Psa m is reached when as the word This gate of the Lord nto w ch the r i ghteou sha enter th y are thrown open the men of the party e ter and advance to the font sin ing a psalm The warm wate for the b aptism which has been brought from the ch d s hom being ready the priest proceeds to conse rate it by the recital of special pra y ers by invo k ing u on it the power of the Ho y Ghost and then p u s it i to font in the form of a cross the deacon chanting mea while After read ng several passag s of Scripture from the Old and the New T estaments the deacon exhorts those present to pra y for the peace of the wor d for the prosper i t y of church for the life et rnal s lvation of the Patri arch for the wor hy ad m i st ation of the p esent rite for the sp i r i tua r generation of the chi d and for the fa i t f u After the repetition of many pra y ers the p i st ta k s in his hand cr s the gospe s and the chrism makes the sign of c oss thre times ove the water and drops i to it three drops the sacred oil cha ting Ha lelujah hallel j h hallelujah May this water be ble s d and purifi d through sig of the holy cro s of holy G spel of the holy chrism nam of the Fath and of and of the Holy Gho t infant is undr ss d by the godfathe and given int the hands of the priest who asks the c ild What dost thou de a d godfather res o ds I de mand to be baptized Dost thou truly demand it etc The ch ld s name is giv pri st who with his l ft hand u de its eck with his right h nd hold its feet d i ps it into fo t in such a way that its head is toward west its feet toward the e st its eyes t ward heav n Then placi g the infant in upright po iti n in the water he s ys s rvant of God coming by his own wi the baptism is now b ptized by me in the n me of the F the and of and of the Holy Ghost pou ing a handfu of water over the child s head at each name He then d i ps chi d three times into w ter Other long cere monies are performed and psalms chanted In the Arm nia church a child is con rmed i mm e tely aft r baptism receiv s at the same time its first commun i on While the Hy n of the Hol y Chr i m is being chanted the priest ta k e the i f ant T he mother must not go out for forty days ou a s ck of lo r b e brought into the house before the exp i r t i o of the forty days the chi d must be placed at the door on seat h i gher than the sack and when atte has bee placed in the store room the ch i d must be pass d thre times ove the ack or it w i b e w i th mela cho a and malaria so if a fun eral tr in pass s ithin th i s per i od the mother mu t take infant up to the t rr ce t the proc ess i on has gone by f ils to do this the dead w i tak the ch ld with The in ant must not t k n out b efore it i s fort days old must it be left alo e for fear of the devi O e howev a w m n fou d it n cessary to go away on s m errand What sho ld do with her ttle one To tak it with was as dangerous as to leave it So she put it into cr dle plac d on its breast protecti g inst devil piece of bread a pa i r of scissors and a p i ctu of Christ and went out But re t her surprise ho ror to find the c dle mpty when she eturned She rched ver h r ns cked hous shri ked wept but i n v n At l st after having s arched house tho ou y she f u d c d stand g upri ht b h i nd our sac k A moment late the cock c ow d At sunris the woman h stened v i age p iest t ld hi m what happen d You c not have ta k en proper pre aut i o s aid the pr i est and so the de v i was ab e to ta k e our AN MEN I N ISTIAN LADY ch i d I f you had not fo d him before coc k rew y ou should nev r hav s e him ag in The priest th ccompan d paris ner to her hous wh c d ov y the devil by m ans of a p ye which lso p ve t d him f om ever return ing These p pl supp s d b e Christians and c ll th ms lv s the f ll ers of J sus But g n ral cc di g my judgm t th y reatest eed vin g d c w ll M h mm d s Armenians in P r i mo e r spected by the Pe si gov r me t than th se in Turk y They h v th i N ti nal fr edom e j y cert in rights in their home if in t ad Turk y th y not o y t ated as beasts but looked upo as i n u beings It will i t r sting note the li of T rkey and t eat t th y ceive things which I saw he rd du i g my st y in Turkish Empire dur i g h rribl m ss cr m ans The Turks and m s liv t g ther in s m towns in s m vi g s in s me str ets I n pl ces wh the Arm ni s r side by thems lves they p ac f l ob e t to gov rnment Wh rever they ngl d with Turks they are o y il t eated but th y lso obb d of the r per n liberty w ll nat ral rights T ks like i d b as s in th ir tur l state have fi r e and e a tip thy the A m ns It pp ars be law of nature that unless controlled and kept in ord by a Abdul Hamid s accession to the throne the sol i er were esp ci lly urged to sting sh themse ves i n ma k ing it of g eat st slaught r On th t day the comma d r wore the e ct of the S tan brea t and the Kurds p y d clar d that they were ordered sl y Christia s take the plunder for the i r pay Ku ds b g butchery by attack i ng the sl ping vil g s at ght slaying women and child tw ty thr days th s horrible work o f sl ught co tin d som of Kurds a f terward bo sted of h ving kill d a h dred hristi ns apiec e M y young w r ti d ha d f ot laid in a row cov d with b sh wo d bur d ve Others were and hack d death piec m al In one of the l ges pri st sev r l l ading men were captured pr mis d leas if th y w d t ll wh re others fled fte t ng but the priest were k illed a chain was put round eck and p ed from sid s til s v al times choked and viv d ft hich b y ets w pl ted up ight i n the g d lift d i to the air and opped p them Littl ch l e w cut in two and mu t i lat d W m n w s bj ect d to fe rf agon i s e d i ng in death A couple fled to a ld rs f ll d o er them he i hey wo d accept Isl m th y p fe re to p ofess i ng Chr i st No respect was shown to age or sex o m inf nts w re tre ted ike the women b g to great outrage before being slain I n one p ace about two hun ed weeping women knelt before the T ur k sh commander pl ading lif the bruta d d th t t d lik t S m sixty young women and girls were crowded into a ttle church wh after bei g ass ult d th y we e red a st am human blood fl wed from the church doo To some oth wome the p opos i tio was mad that they ould b e spared if they de ed their faith Why sho d we de y Christ th y said and pointing to the d ad bo s thei husbands brothers bef re them the nobly s e ed We are b tt r tha they kill us lso it done Ch i ldr e plac d in a behind the other and a bu et fired down the line apparently to see how many co d be disp tched with one sh t Infants and small child en we piled ther and their he ds struck Hous s we e set on fire and the mates fo ced b ck into fl mes at the point of the b yonets In i st ce little boy who ran out of the fl mes c ught on b yon t and th own back this work d struct i on Kurds pl yed the m ost pro i nent part but sol rs T ur ish ci vi ans did their f ll sh Througho t all the v ages of m tide murd Hundreds villages were wiped and the i r inh bit ts either sla i n or exi ed The bj ct to d str y veryth ng com th t A m e a s wou d have no m e s of i ve i hood have to choos betwe death and Is I n some vi llages even the clot ng was ta k en fro m backs of pe ple and they we e left litera y naked An att ck was mad on public b ths s i x ked w me we agged f rth b yo etted ev unbo child wombs of the r mothers wer butch d I f ts we stuck b y n s and h ld b fo e the i r h lpl ss f tic mothe s Y g gi ls w d gg d i t st eets the hair f t th i y b i g to th i bo es b anded with i v th i t ail torn out caviti r fill d ith g p wde which then ex It is imp ssibl to give c ct stimat the large umber Ch istia who pe ish d th i s g at m ss c the fig s giv b low ppro th y gath d f m T kish sou ces may gard d b i g unde th than abov the m rk Arm i kill d to s Numb of vill s d str y d N mber r d c d t v ti t s Numb r educ d st v tio in villag N mb r kill d vill g s k o pe h ps about A m i ss i on ry Bitl s r l ted nc d nt A s ldi r ided the uthless assacres h lpl ss n s t ibly torm nt d by con sci nc e s id his wif Th re was one t in b ut th s w m th i chi dr n th t I not I want wiv s of the Christia s bout it It was v ry s rang man y cattle and sheep the whole v age were hund ed families and these possessed on the average more tha sh p Of course each of the sixty Armenian vi g s d strict of which now ned had ma y cattle and sheep In sp i g of the Kurds began to rive away sheep more boldly than had bee u ual At the same time the gov r me t su pecti g that there were ma y a med r v lutionists sent to search for them but failed to find them The y then wished to arr st some of our notables and ta k e them to M ush as revolutionists sa y i g You have societies here We resisted prevented their taking our As I said the Kurds made s v era attacks that sp ing carrying our a i m a s we pursued them and rescu d the an ma s ki ing or two whom we buried so they could not find the Twice they ttack d th this es t but third t im e we were ble to bury the two Kurds we killed and th y carried them to Mu h and showed them to the government A great tumult resulted and it was port d Armenians have rebe ed and massacred the Moslem inhabit ts also Th y are armed th r i fl s and canno The T urkish govern ment avail d itself of the excuse and i n tigated the Ku ds to attack the Armenian vi agers and ma acre them This they attempted to do a large nu m ber attacking us aided by man y soldiers in disgu i se though the Kurds had been we armed by the o v ment we were able owing to our superi r positio to w i thstand them successfu y for fifteen days The Kurds were co stantly repu s d l ving ma y de d wounded During this time Turkish sol s w r being r pidly collected in M rge Moza About twenty soldi rs w re gath red th re In these fights with the Kurds we lost o ly seven persons but thre Armenian villages w bur ed assembled soldi s b ga to ttack One day we hea d the sound th ir bugles and for a whole day they continued with g eat tum ts besieged the sid s oad to a v ry h gh mountain named Andok was l ft op we we e able to carry our f lies and im ls there but t s in a hasty manner while fighting with Turkish sold ers Download 24 Kb. 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