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Ordination of Abuna John Khoury, 1966

Place: West New York
Date: 1966

Colour photograph of the ordination of Abuna John Khoury in 1966: he kneels in purple vestments before Archbishop Athanasius Yeshue Samuel, surrounded by clergy and deacons, in the Virgin Mary church community of West New York.

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Ordination of Abuna John Khoury, 1966

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