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::: Either way, though, a redirect article should be made for the spelling that isn't used in actual article.
::: You're right about ''idol'', of course, though ''idol'' is not so much a transliterated Greek word any more as it is now an English word, having come to use us via the Old French ''idele'', from the Latin ''idolum''. (''Idol'' first shows up as ''ydele'' in Middle English in 1250.) But ''exaposteilarion'' is a technical term from Greek which is only recently being used by English speakers. In such cases, the usual approach in scholarly English is to follow the standards for Greek transliterations in English which were established in Latin, which would thus use '''ei''' for '''ει'''. (I'm honestly actually a little surprised that Metr. Kallistos used the '''i''' instead of '''ei'''.)
::: Anyway, I'm not saying that ''exapost'''i'''larion'' is "wrong," just that I think we should use ''exapost'''ei'''larion'' on OrthodoxWiki due to its broader use in English and its conformity to standard transliteration conventions for Greek terms. &mdash;[[User:ASDamick|<font size="3.5" color="green" face="Adobe Garamond Pro, Garamond, Georgia, Times New Roman">Fr. Andrew</font>]] <sup>[[User_talk:ASDamick|<font color="red">talk</font>]]</sup> <small>[[Special:Contributions/ASDamick|<font color="black">contribs</font>]]</small> 18:11, April 15, 2007 (PDT)
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