[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Constantine Nicholas Dombalis, Dean Emeritus, Sts. 
Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Richmond, VA, offered 
the following prayer:
  We thank You God, for the return of the mystic and quiet spell of 
this autumn season, that brings a majesty of color to the singing 
symphonies of our woodlands and our mountains.
  In this Chamber, the finest minds of our Nation convene, responsible 
to the citizens, our laws, and on final account to You. May they never 
lose confidence, grow weary nor desolate. May they see in every 
adversity an opportunity, and serve Your will, nothing more, nothing 
less, nothing else.
  We are strengthened by the House of Representatives, unafraid of 
standing for the dignity, worth, and rights of men as a special 
Congressional Gold Medal was presented this morning to His All 
Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, world leader of the Greek 
Orthodox Faith and the presentation of the honor, transmits an advocacy 
of religious freedom.
  May we take something of the love of God wherever we go. Amen.

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