Also in support are Mormons, Missouri Senate Lutherans, and Greek and Russian Orthodox churches.

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The omnipresent blue of Greek churches is so memorable that there are even a few Orthodox churches in my neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, that have mimicked the form, giving me and everyone else who passes or steps inside a slight tinge of longing for the Greek islands of their memories.

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