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Walt Garlington echoes Royal Alexander's Thanksgiving message, but with a few caveats and additions to the mix.

There was no way Thanksgiving could be “normal” this year. This was certainly true wherever Orthodox Christians gathered for what is becoming a Thanksgiving tradition in America: sharing a litany of poetic Russian prayers created during hellish persecution by the Bolsheviks. Under coronavirus protocols, many sang the “Glory to God in All Things” prayers in outdoor services or in candle-lit sanctuaries containing fewer worshippers than usual. There was no way to ignore the pain of 2020. Early in the service, a priest chants from the English translation: “Thou hast brou...