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Relics returning to Istanbul 2004-10-21

Posted by Peter Kirby at 5:06 PM | Permalink

What's Istanbul was Constantinople, and in the year A.D. 1204 the city was plundered by Crusaders. Now, eight hundred years later, the bones of John Chrysostom and Gregory Nazianzen are being returned to the Orthodox patriarchate, as a stimulus to ecumenical efforts. See this article.

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