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August 14, 2021church, feasts, iconsFeast of the DormitionGretchenJoanna

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marmeladegypsy says:

August 15, 2021 at 7:51 am

That’s a beautiful piece of art, Gretchen.

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I am Gretchen Joanna, an Orthodox Christian widow; mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, living in Northern California.

I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement, making political pursuits yield to the more rational amusement of cultivating the earth. -George Washington

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