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2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
RECENTLY, I visited Warsaw's only Orthodox cemetery, which is in Wola district. Founded more than 170 years ago, it is protected by law. An intriguing point of interest is the good coexistence here of two religious communities, Orthodox and Catholic, and that's a real fact. As mentioned in the cemetery guide, the two parishes "have irrespective of ecumenical tendencies become brotherly and collaborative in a spirit of service to God and the human family." In this connection there arises a possibly naïve but quite natural question: Why then for centuries have Russians and Poles been unable in this worldly, earthly life to learn to live in peace and harmony? That is, without interminable grudges and accusations, strife and discord.
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