St Theodora (commemorated on September 11th) lived during the tenth century in a Greek town called Vasta. As she lay dying she is said to have uttered:

"Let my body become a church, my hair a forest of trees, and my blood a spring to water them."

The villagers built a church at the site of her grave. A local river re-routed to pass directly under the church. Eventually, trees sprouted from the roof of the church, the roots of which are not visible under the roof and neither inside or outside the church. Now, some 10 centuries later, there are 17 large trees growing from the roof, reaching over 20 meters high.

St Theodora intercede for us!

8x10 print is a copy of a gouache painting done on rice paper mounted on wood, printed with archival ink on card stock.

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