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1097:Iconostasis
1087:Euchologion
1072:Apolytikion
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372:America
364:de jure
346:Albania
326:Georgia
316:Romania
296:Antioch
255:Degrees
245:Deacons
240:Priests
235:Bishops
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660:UOC–KP
655:Turkey
645:Latvia
519:France
514:Canada
341:Poland
336:Greece
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311:Serbia
306:Russia
230:Clergy
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