The Archive · 1935

HANKOW'S RUSSIAN CHURCH

Hankow, May 9.

An event of unique interest for the Russian Community of Hankow took place to-day when the local Russian church completed fifty years of existence, the exact date of its con Secration being May 9, 1885.

In order to celebrate this Golden Jubilee in fitting style, two dis~ tungulsh visitors arrived in Hankow! recently, one in the person of Bishop Victor, head of the Russian Orthodox Mission in China; and another in Bishop ohn, from Shanghai, whose Jurieetion "embraces Hankow—

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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