The last weddings to be held for a long time in the Russian colony took place on the final Sunday before Maslianitsa, the Great Lent forbidding Orthodox Russians to marry for the eight following weeks. The ban will be lifted after Easter, at which time the Red Hill Week—a~ veritable marriage season—will start, Among the newly-weds last week were Prince A. G. Koltzov-
Massalsky and Miss V. A. Vahovitch. Prince' Koltzov-Massalsky is well-known for his participation in the Church.
Weddings Re; ered Every marriage solemnized by the Russian Church in Shanghai is registered-at the Bishop's Chancery. In 1928. 57 marriages were thus recorded, and since that time the figure has been, steadily growing. In 1931 the Bishop's Chancery registered 104 marriages, and in 1934 as many as 133. The events of the previous year
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