Dusty Art

Head of Christ, by the American painter Warner Sallman (1940) is now one of the most famous portraits of Christ ever created.

The work is more than it seems, too, with hidden symbols and a history that touches the miraculous.

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The Feast Day of Saint Jude Thaddeus and Saint Simon the Zealot (28 October), celebrates two of the original Christian Apostles. Church tradition says they evangelized together and were martyred together in 65 AD.

+ Includes recipe for Dabgadz Banir Boerag (fried Cheese Turnover)

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Dusty Buildings

The Parish of Adwick-le-Street, St. Laurence (Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England)

+ This 12th century Norman church is beautiful, but it’s famous for one of it tombs. This church is home to a tomb from the 1500s that is adorned with some very familiar-looking stars and stripes.

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The Feast Day of Saint Hilarion the Great (21 October) celebrates the 3rd and 4th century Christian anchorite hermit who spent most of his life in the desert and in the coastal area near Gaza, and is now considered to be the founder of Palestinian monasticism. Living as a hermit, he was sought out for healing, exorcisms, prophetic words, and spiritual training. This led him to establish a monastery. Hilarion is the patron saint of Caulonia, a southern Italian town in Calabria, under the name Sant’Ilario.

On icons, Hilarion is depicted as an old man with a brown, rush-like beard divided into three points and he holds sometimes a scroll which reads: “The tools of a monk are steadfastness, humility, and love according to God.”

+ Includes a feast day recipe for Tisana Barley Porridge

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