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(THE CONVERSATION) Once, on a road trip in Greece, I stopped with my husband and dad at a centuries-old Orthodox monastery to view its famous ... I hissed furiously, with a horrified glance at the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Once, on a road trip in Greece, I stopped with my husband and dad at a centuries-old Orthodox monastery ... with a horrified glance at the monks praying nearby.