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and go on farther, leaving behind them the sort of graves one only sees in dreams.
On some graves "God's blessing."
Ikons of the Mother of God.
In boxes or frames.
Other ikons than that of the Mother of God I did not see.
None.
They are ikons:
—Of "She who intercedes."
And pitifully She looks out, the Woman of Suffering. From the graves, upon the river of human affliction streaming past.
On other graves are Roman Catholic ikons, paper pictures pasted on to wood.
Also only the Mother of God.
Wearing the crown, with the cleft heart, which the swords have pierced.
There are Orthodox and Catholic graves side by side and together.
Hundreds of thousands of beggared
