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-Apr 27, 20194 minHow to read a Byzantine Church Reading a church can be a daunting prospect. Weird Latinate or Greek-based terms are deployed to outline liturgical functions with even...
Elisabeth PirschApr 19, 20192 minLight without shadows? Have you ever noticed that even though Orthodox icons are bathed in golden light, none of the figures represented ever has a shadow? Far...