[7] Survey 36:167. Anonymous.
[8] Tavernier, Voyages 1:496.
[9] Dubois 3:441.
[10] Ormanian p. 177.
[11] F. C. Conybeare, Ritual Armenorum p. 224.
[12] Brightman, Eastern Liturgies, chapter on Armenian Liturgy. For an interesting variation of this ceremony see Tavernier 1:502.
Closely related to this ceremony is that of the blessing or purifying of a well. A well is not used until a priest has first blessed it, or if the water of a well becomes impure, it is necessary to purify it by the blessing of a priest. The latter takes a cross and a Bible and having requested the people to draw a pail of water which is thrown away, a second pail is drawn, over which the priest reads a psalm. The water is then blessed with the cross, incense is burned over the well, and the pail of water is emptied back. (Maschtotz.)
[13] Lynch 1:203, 204.
[14] Contemporary Review 70:695. J. T. Bent.
Tavernier, 1:500, 501.