The Blessing of the Waters

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

1885

Super Issue No.

32/4

Date Released

14 Jan 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Enough Handshakes to Last a Year!
2. 2France Accords a National Funeral
3. 3Philadelphia - The Quaker City -
4. 4Our Royal Visitors
5. 5The Blessing of the Waters
6. 6All the World Loves a Lover
7. 7Massed & Mixed
8. 8Ladies’ Hockey Test

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 8

Summary

King Carol, Prince Michael, the Patriarch and Clergy of Orthodox Church, attend traditional Epiphany ceremony. Four peasants in their nightshirts, retrieve consecrating cross from the freezing waters of the river.

Keywords

Royalty; Religion and belief

Locations

Bucharest

Footage sources

Pathe Journal   Issue No.114

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