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On Friday, April 28, 2023 at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America hosted a Repatriation Ceremony to commemorate the official return of three historic manuscripts by Swann Galleries. Dating back to thr 16th and 17th centuries, they are among nearly 900 religious objects and manuscripts looted from the Monastery in 1917 by Bulgarian combatants.