">>> Posting number 85819, dated 28 Jun 2000 08:20:09 Date:         Wed, 28 Jun 2000 08:20:09 -0400 Reply-To:     Orthodox Christianity <[email protected]> Sender:       Orthodox Christianity <[email protected]> From:         "Udut, Kenneth" <> Subject:      Open Churches  I'm in 100% agreement, Doreen.  I know more than a few people who are not Orthodox, but who find Orthodox architecture and iconography incredibly, incredibly inspiring and would literally pay to be able to spend time there during 'off hours'.  One very modern but common thing I hear among friends, online and offline, is "There's nothing more refreshing to me than to be in an empty church".  Indeed, "holy spaces" are something people -crave-, but do not have.  A place of respite - a place of quietutude, even for a few minutes, could pay off incredible dividends for their souls.   -Kenneth

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