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Philadelphia museum offers public a look at Byzantine liturgical art
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PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Philadelphia has some of the finest museums and art collections in the world, and it can now add another name to its list: the Treasury of Faith Museum, which gives the public an opportunity to view a rare collection of Byzantine liturgical art and artifacts. Founded in 2002 by Ukrainian Archbishop Stefan Soroka of Philadelphia, the museum recently opened. Located next to the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia, it houses a collection of artifacts from parishes within the archeparchy, which covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Hundreds of items are displayed throughout the museum's eight large exhibit rooms. They range from rare iconostas, which are screens or partitions with three doors and tiers of icons, to handmade Easter eggs. "It took us almost a year to get everything into the rooms," said Mother Nadia Baranik, a Missionary Sister of the Mother of God. "And then we had to do all the identification cards and cataloging, everything that is required for a museum.
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