This is a lovely old story, a legend about a saint who is a favorite in the Eastern Orthodox church. St. Gerasimos is out walking in the Jordan River valley, when he comes across a lion, limping and holding one paw up pathetically. The lion holds his paw out to the saint, who sits down, examines the paw, removes a large thorn, and binds up the paw with a clean cloth. Then the lion follows him back to the monastery and stays there, whereupon the monks give the lion a job.
I won't tell the whole story here, (You can read about it
here.) but I retold it, painted three illustrations for it, and it has been published (with one illustration) in a small Catholic children's magazine called
St. Mary's Messenger. The story is in the Fall 2013 issue, which just came out.
Great job, Vicki!
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ReplyDeleteVicki~ I loved the story of St Gerasimos.Thank you for your art that makes the unseen visible.
ReplyDeleteLove, Cindy
Vicki,
ReplyDeleteThank you for making your art reveal the unseen in the world.