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Originally Posted by Levin
Does nobody else love that Waters, while decrying the lack of poetry and artistry in the Church, waxes poetic himself? Or that SU, agreeing with Waters, stresses the importance of the religious arts with his own lyrical beauty? Hark, there are poets among us to lead us from the sterility of modern worship!
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Tolstoy taught me the beauty of Orthodox liturgy in War and Peace. I'll never forget the image of Natasha in that old Church amid war torn Russia and trying to atone for her own reckless personal choices and disloyalty to Prince Andre, brought to tears by the lovely incantation.