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Article: The Eastern Catholic Churches in America.
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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IF YOU have ever driven through the 'Rust Belt' in the northeastern and north-central United States, that territory dominated by steel mills and coal mines, you are likely to notice, especially near urban areas, the gold or silver domes topped by equally unusual three-barred crosses. These onion-domed churches that punctuate several cityscapes belong to the so-called Eastern Churches still functioning and even thriving as places of worship. You may have seen inside one, even if only through the wedding scene in the film The Deerhunter.
What you are seeing in these churches is a reflection of the long tradition of Eastern Christianity, in both its Orthodox ...