Sedia gestatoria but many sources indicate the use of the sedia is of a much earlier date, probably being derived from rituals accompanying the leadership of the ancient Roman Empire. It was used in the solemn ceremonies of the coronation of a new pope until the enthronement ceremony was abandoned altogether. It also was used for solemn entries of the pope to St. Peter's or to public consistories. In the first case, three bundles of tow were burnt before the newly elected pontiff, who sits on the "sedia gestatoria", while a master of ceremonies says: ""Pater Sancte, sic transit gloria mundi"" (Holy
Religion in Russia small [[Russian Greek Catholic Church]] as a [[Byzantine Rite]] church "sui juris" ("of its own jurisdiction") in [[full communion]] with the Catholic Church. Various denominations of Protestantism, both historical and [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]], as well as [[Pentecostalism]], were the religion of 0.2% (300,000) of the population of Russia in 2012. Their number was slightly more than 1% only in [[Tuva]] (1.8%), [[Udmurtia]] (1.4%) and the [[Altai Republic]] (1%). [[Lutheranism]] has been on a continuous decline among Finnish and German ethnic minorities, while it has seen some Russian converts, so that some traditionally Finnish churches, like the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria]], today