Venizelos At Greek Orthodox Ceremony (1910-1919)

Greece? Heads of state; religion. Greek premier Eleutherios Venizelos attends Greek Orthodox church ceremony. Orthodox priest; with big white beard; in ornate robes and head-dress walks toward camera. His assistant walks beside him; carrying a small bottle and a little pottery jar; priest dips spoon into jar and sprinkles something through air. (Holy water?) Behind these second group of people follow; one of the first is Venizelos. They all stop; assistant steps aside. Priest speaks; may be saying prayer; then makes a little bow toward Venizelos; who starts to make one in return; End . FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire