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Once the world\u2019s leading Eastern Orthodox seminary, Halki was closed by the Turkish government 43 years ago.\u00a0The US and religious freedom activists want it reopened.\u00a0But Turkish officials have long said that won’t happen until Greece improves conditions for Turkish minorities living there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“We are confident that someday this school will reopen, and we have to prepare ourselves for that day,” says Metropolitan Elpidophoros, the abbot of Halki. He has reestablished a monastery at the site of the distinguished Eastern Orthodox seminary closed by the Turkish government for 43 years. 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