For the first eight years of my life, I attended Divine Liturgy at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church every Sunday. By any measure, I was a model Orthodox Christian: at four, I could light prayer candles and kiss icons without my mother having to lift me up, and at six, I was able to recite the Nicene Creed in English and in Greek. Some of my closest friends and family were members of my congregation, so the culture and community...

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