The Crossing of Influences in the Church of the East

When Lalibala, I saw the craziest things I've ever seen, which is crusader crosses. And like you said, you see stars of David with crosses in them. This is two thirds of what we call the book of monks that every monk is supposed to read in our tradition. The texts they have to read are from the Church of the East. There's a whole play I've seen on YouTube of the Syriac version, which is like 15 minutes. Our version is like an hour. You know, it's really hilarious.

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