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Orthodox Bees

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. These bees avoid building their honeycombs over icons. Not just any images on the icons, though. In a depiction of Jesus on the cross, they will build over the thief who mocked Jesus as he was dying, but not Jesus or Saint Dismas, the "good thief" who...

Robert
Aug 1, 20261 min read

et everything that has breath praise the Lord. These bees avoid building their honeycombs over icons. Not just any images on the icons, though. In a depiction of Jesus on the cross, they will build over the thief who mocked Jesus as he was dying, but not Jesus or Saint Dismas, the “good thief” who was repentant. Who knew there were Orthodox bees?

via The Holy Post

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