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| | The History of the Melkite Byzantine Church |
 | | Of that former splendor, of the elegant villas described by Chrisostomos, the streets paved with marble and illuminated at night for which Antioch was renowned, nothing but memories and ruins remain. |
 | | Today, Antakia, as it is now known, is an unpretentious rural centre on Turkish soil. |
 | | Then, however, when for the first time on earth the tidings that the Word had been made flesh and the coming of the Saviour were received, this city, notorious for its riches and even more so for its degenerate morals, could not be overlooked by the Twelve. |
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