Eastern Orthodox Churches

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    “The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night,
    Checkering the eastern clouds with streaks of light.”
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    You may get a bland smile from these sages;
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    “Good churches are not built by bad men; at least, there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society. These minsters were neither built nor filled by atheists.”
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