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Fascinating article about a beekeeper who began placing icons in hives and found that the bees carefully built their honeycombs around the icons, leaving the faces of the saints uncovered. "Once I brought a handmade icon from a convent... Bees 'embroidered' with wax the entire surface of the composition, leaving one to clearly perceive the Cross of Christ and the Thief at his right hand while the thief on the left cross was covered with a thick layer of wax." Christian Ministry, The Cross Of Christ, Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox Christianity, Greek Orthodox, Orthodox Icons, Roman Catholic, Catholic Faith, Bee Keeping

By Monk Simon In the region of Kapandriti near Athens, a wonderful thing happens. Ten years ago, a devout beekeeper named Isidoros Ţiminis, thought to place in one of his hives an icon of the Crucifixion of the Lord. Soon thereafter, when he opened the hive, he was amazed that the bees showed respect and devotion to the icon, having "embroidered" it in wax, yet leaving uncovered the face and body of the Lord. Since then, every spring, he puts into the hives icons of the Savior, the Virgin…