Bread

 Another church post.

 It's an important part of Ks life. 

  This particular church service takes place on the 23rd September every year to celebrate its consecration. The church, in our old neighbourhood, was built after K and his school friends found an icon when their football fell into a hole on a building site. Many, many years ago.

It's a long story but apparently the woman who owned the land, then living in America, had a dream that the icon would be found there.  When she heard of its discovery, she donated the land and paid for the church to be built.

How did the icon come to be poking out from under a few feet of dirt on a building site?  The only explanation I've ever heard is that it was the site of a much older church which had been demolished.

Anyway, the boys found it.  I know them all, all in their 60s now, and they all tell the same story.

K decided he would have another try at making the Holy Bread which is offered at services like this.  That Holy Bread which has to have a stamp in the middle.  The stamp which never comes out clearly, as it is supposed to.

We did a slightly better job this time.  You can, if you know what to look for, see the stamp outline on the bread in the photo above.

This is how it is supposed to look

There will be a 'next time' I'm sure. 

Photo thanks to Google 

The church of 'Christo' 

Like a lot of churches here it hasn't got much room inside. We perched on a wall at the back. 

You stand or sit where you can.