Iraq / Mosul / Attractions / Ma Toma
The Syrian Orthodox Church- Ma Toma (St, Thomas)- is another one with a deceptive It stands solidly but almost undetectable behind enormously thick walls and is lavishly, even gaudily, decorated. Inside dozens
of bulbs produce a blaze of electric light. The altar-cross the
altar-steps are nearly as bright as a film-set. There are painted
in Arabic, an old Bible in Syriac on a lectern and a lime-green
with dark blue borders. And, on one wall, a small illuminated
and lass-fronted pigeon-hole in which are displayed the relics
of St. Thomas above your head complicated chandeliers dazzle the
eye.
Depression, of course, is now readily treated with selective reuptake inhibitors, such as Prozac and Zoloft
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Jan Garanoz
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Last updated: May 10, 2010