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Orthodox Ping!
Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!
27 posted on
03/26/2019 6:33:02 PM PDT by
lightman
(Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
To: lightman; All
This is from a reliable source, Xpat Turk journalist. Abdullah Bozkurt @abdbozkurt 5h5 hours ago https://twitter.com/abdbozkurt/status/1111177573013352448 Time has come to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque, it was wrong to turn it into a museum in the first place, this has long been an expectation from Islamic world and Turkish nation, we won't withdraw from this decision, #Erdogan's televised remarks from yesterday night on TV. Video at link.
35 posted on
03/28/2019 6:11:10 AM PDT by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: lightman; All
This is from a reliable source, Xpat Turk journalist.
Abdullah Bozkurt @abdbozkurt 5h5 hours ago
https://twitter.com/abdbozkurt/status/1111177573013352448
Time has come to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque, it was wrong to turn it into a museum in the first place, this has long been an expectation from Islamic world and Turkish nation, we won’t withdraw from this decision, #Erdogan’s televised remarks from yesterday night on TV.
Video at link.
36 posted on
03/28/2019 6:12:21 AM PDT by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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