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Word: hagia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...enter the church. The interior resembles a mosque rather than a church, as a matter of fact it is particularly like the Hagia Sophia.) There are no chairs, which produces a wonderful effect of space. There are also no images. There are only framed sentences on the walls (like those in the Hagia Sophia).† One of these sentences reads: "Do not flatter your benefactor." The same woman who nodded approval before to me begins to weep and says: "Then there is nothing left at all." I reply: "I think that is perfectly all right," but she vanishes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Symbols & Religion | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

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