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Pergamum & Thyatira Postcard

Pergamum & Thyatira Postcard

Finding clear vision from the ancient imperial capital's acropolis

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Dec 03, 2022
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Atop the acropolis overlooking Pergamum (modern Bergama, Turkey)

On the way out of Smyrna today, we stopped in a church named for St. Polycarp (whose relics have been lost). Though there has been a church there since the 17th century, the present church is of 20th-century French construction, and architecturally undistinguished. But the parish is named f…

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