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Two Syriac Orthodox priests in Hengelo, 1981

Place: Hengelo · today Netherlands
Date: 1981

Two bearded priests in black, seated in the Syriac Orthodox church in Hengelo on 15 January 1981, when about 150 Christians from Turkey gathered there after a couple's asylum request was refused. The Anefo caption reads "Twee Turkse priesters".

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Nationaal Archief, Fotocollectie Anefo (via Wikimedia Commons)

Rob Bogaerts / Anefo · CC0 (Nationaal Archief, Fotocollectie Anefo).

Two Syriac Orthodox priests in Hengelo, 1981

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