Exhortation order

6 Names: Berezskis, Drozdovs, Miška, Muraveiskis, Sokolovs, Zariņš

This is a letter (1906) of Riga Ecclesiastical Consistory of the Orthodox Church to the Orthodox Priest in Valmiera concerning the conversion of several members of his parish. The persons named in the letter - A.Miška and A.Drozdovs wished to take the advantage of Tzar's Manifest April 17, 1905, which declared the religious freedom in the Empire.

The original text of the letter is in Russian, and, as I have technical problems to print here Russian texts of the old orthography together with English texts, you will find here only my translation of the letter.

The text in the printed form was typed in by a typing machine, which was not very common at that time. I could not decipher the names of the people who signed the letter, but I found two names using the address book of that time.

The Order of HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE AUTOCRAT OF THE WHOLE RUSSIA via Riga Ecclesiastical Consistory

To Priest Muraveiskis in Valmiera

According to the Order of HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, The Riga Ecclesiastical Consistory heard the letter of December 21, 1905, Nr.14283 of the governor of Livland with the information about the wish to convert to the Lutheran Church from the Orthodox Church of the following persons: 1. Anna Miška, b. Zariņš together with her son Jānis b. October 27, 1898 residing in farm Eži, Rencēnu pagasts, Valmiera aprinkis and enrolled in the registers of Valmiera Orthodox church. 2. Aleksandrs Drozdovs, residing in Mujāņu pagasts, Valmiera aprinkis and enrolled in the registers of Valmiera Orthodox church. The Consistory ordered: The Priest Muraveiskis should conduct the pastor exhortation of the named persons and immediately inform the Consistory about the results of it. January 16, 1906

Consistorial member: Archpriest V.Berezskis

Secretary: P.Sokolovs

Acting head of the Department (head of the Table) ?