Apple Spas
Inessa Safronova
post-1990?
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“Apple Spas” or “Apple Saviour’s (Day)” is a popular name for the feast of the Transfiguration on 19 August. We bless apples and fruits on that day in the Orthodox Church.
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- A Daily Column on Painting by Lisa Towers and Bill Jones… very good site maintained by two working artists with grubby grubbies
- Art and Faith, Too: My other art site (started 06/10)
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