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A Time Of Gifts, Part II

The Sucevitsa monastery in Bukovina

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Rod Dreher
Apr 13, 2022
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Father Chrysostom and me

We arrived at Sucevitsa monastery, and went through the gates. There I beheld — that is the right word — another glorious painted 15c church, like the one at Voronet. In the wall facing us, there was a giant depiction of Jacob’s Ladder:

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