"suddenly, in one moment, everything falls silent - the music, the bells, the cries of the people - and in the midst of the reverent silence at the southern doors of the cathedral, metropolitan sergius of moscow greets their majesties with a speech. Preceded by three metropolitans, bishops and clergy, while singing a majestic psalm, their majesties enter the cathedral, where at about 10 o'clock begins that solemn rite of coronation and anointing to the kingdom, into which the orthodox church invests so much deep meaning, filled with such important significance for every russian who understands his history. ". Object Type: painting. Date: 1897. Dimensions: height: 36.3 cm (14.2 in); width: 55.5 cm (21.8 in). Medium: watercolor and gouache on paper. Collection: Russian Museum. SerovV MiropomazanNikolAlek
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