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Terry Mattingly<\/p><\/div>
\nAnyone who attends one of the national church assemblies that dot the calendar every summer knows that they are highly ritualized affairs.<\/p>\n

Officers will be elected.<\/p>\n

Political issues will be discussed. Lofty resolutions will be passed.<\/p>\n

At least one long business session will include a proposal about clergy benefits and salaries.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

But something unusual happened recently during the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). An official “ecumenical advisory delegate” — Father Siarhei Hardun of the Orthodox Church of Belarus — used his moment at the podium to deliver a message that was courteous and stunning at the same time, if not genuinely offensive to many in the audience.<\/p>\n

Read the entire article on The Republic<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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