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1 posted on 05/11/2016 1:59:25 PM PDT by NYer
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Catholic / Orthodox ping!


2 posted on 05/11/2016 1:59:46 PM PDT by NYer (Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping!


3 posted on 05/11/2016 2:00:12 PM PDT by NYer (Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
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I see some of those faces were scratched out. I wonder if that was those Byzantine iconoclasts or Muslims?


5 posted on 05/11/2016 2:03:05 PM PDT by Lent
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Oh my gosh, that last mural is surely the Dormition / Assumption of Mary. If I am correct it’s the oldest one I’ve seen.

Pray for us, O Lady Theotokos!


6 posted on 05/11/2016 2:12:43 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He turn His countenance to you and give you peace.)
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To: NYer

Bookmark


7 posted on 05/11/2016 2:17:12 PM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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Amazing.


8 posted on 05/11/2016 2:21:13 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Well...another target for ISLAM.


9 posted on 05/11/2016 2:27:50 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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So, how long before the Turks destroy it or convert it into a Mosque?


16 posted on 05/11/2016 3:10:51 PM PDT by Little Ray (NOTHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO PAY FOR IS A RIGHT.)
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Current Christians take note. The culture wars are lost and this is our earthly fate.


17 posted on 05/11/2016 3:20:29 PM PDT by bkopto
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the walls of the church collapsed because of snow and rain, but that they will be fixed as part of the restoration project.

After which time the whole edifice will converted into a mosque.

18 posted on 05/11/2016 3:21:52 PM PDT by bkopto
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Photos of Turkey: Cappadocia

20 posted on 05/11/2016 3:24:36 PM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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Amazing


22 posted on 05/11/2016 4:36:47 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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Oh how I would love to go and see this place!


23 posted on 05/11/2016 5:07:54 PM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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