Service for Serbs is Held at Tonopah
Sunday morning in Tonopah at St. Mark’s Episcopal church, a very interesting and unusual service was held by Rev. Sebastian Dabovich
Sunday morning in Tonopah at St. Mark’s Episcopal church, a very interesting and unusual service was held by Rev. Sebastian Dabovich, archimandrite of the Greek church of North America. Holy communion was celebrated for Serbian residents according to the elaborate ritual of the priest, heavy with gold and silver embroidery, the candles, the incense, the strange, barbaric chanting of the worshipers, all combined to impress the congregation.1
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Publisher’s Note: This article was originally published in Elko Independent, Wednesday, December 8, 1915, p. 4.