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Consecration of the Virgin Mary church in Paramus, 1968

Place: Paramus, New Jersey · today United States
Date: 1968

Colour photographs of the consecration of the Virgin Mary church in Paramus on April 7, 1968: the archbishop anointing the walls, clergy reading at the altar, and the congregation in the new church.

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Assyrian Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary, Paramus, New Jersey (virginmarynj.org)

Consecration of the Virgin Mary church in Paramus, 1968

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