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THE GREEKS IN ASIATIC TURKEY 247
motionless, the choir stopped voice by voice. I
never learned what they thought of us, nor whether
they recovered their voices in time to welcome the
bishop.
The contrast between the condition of the clergy
in the Armenian and in the Greek Church may be
illustrated by the two bishops of the region round
Kaisari. The Armenian bishop has been briefly
described on p. 217. In our interview with the
Greek bishop, German was the medium of com-
munication, for the bishop spoke that language
with ease. He was a man of information, wide
experience, and great business capacity, and had
been one of the representatives of the Greek
Church at the conference, which was held, if I
rightly remember, in Bonn, to discuss the scheme
of union between the English and Greek Churches,
favoured by Canon Liddon and some other members
of the English Church. As we were talking with
the bishop I pictured to myself how the man of
Kaisari would be sure to accept with grace and
real pleasure every concession made by the English
representatives, but when any concession was
asked on his side, would politely and suavely ex-
plain that it was impossible for the " Orthodox
Church " to swerve a hair's breadth from the Ortho-
dox Faith. He made on me the impression that
the Orthodox Faith was to him a matter more of
motionless, the choir stopped voice by voice. I
never learned what they thought of us, nor whether
they recovered their voices in time to welcome the
bishop.
The contrast between the condition of the clergy
in the Armenian and in the Greek Church may be
illustrated by the two bishops of the region round
Kaisari. The Armenian bishop has been briefly
described on p. 217. In our interview with the
Greek bishop, German was the medium of com-
munication, for the bishop spoke that language
with ease. He was a man of information, wide
experience, and great business capacity, and had
been one of the representatives of the Greek
Church at the conference, which was held, if I
rightly remember, in Bonn, to discuss the scheme
of union between the English and Greek Churches,
favoured by Canon Liddon and some other members
of the English Church. As we were talking with
the bishop I pictured to myself how the man of
Kaisari would be sure to accept with grace and
real pleasure every concession made by the English
representatives, but when any concession was
asked on his side, would politely and suavely ex-
plain that it was impossible for the " Orthodox
Church " to swerve a hair's breadth from the Ortho-
dox Faith. He made on me the impression that
the Orthodox Faith was to him a matter more of