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Ahura Mazdā
Greek Orthodox Easter service, Pátmos, Greece
Hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church
Pope facts
Shintō blessing
Osiris, bronze figurine of the Late Period; in the Egyptian Museum, Berlin
Priest worshiping the Ādi Granth
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