Word: phanari
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, before the 1,000-year-old wooden throne of the patriarch in Istanbul's small cathedral of Phanari, silver icons and ancient mosaics gleamed under the huge crystal chandeliers, and incense rose in clouds. Chanting the Kyrie Eleison, the twelve bearded metropolitans and their five alternates solemnly filed in and dropped their ballots into a silver urn. When the votes were counted, eleven were for Athenagoras and six were blank. "Axios!" (worthy) roared the crowd, and the cathedral bells began to peal...
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