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Khorugv
Khorugv (, sometimes translated as Gonfalon) in Eastern Orthodoxy is a relgious banner or some other flag, whose cloth is attached to a short pole, which is in its turn attached horizontally to a long vertical pole. As a result, the cloth flies vertically, rather than horizontally.
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