Today I went and got my friends some bracelets from Georgia. Kayla gets the green one & Elie gets the blue one. I also bought a book of the person who was buried under the store that I bought it from. My mommy bought herself some earrings. She’s wearing them right now in fact.
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Poor St. Nino — consigned to the status of being buried under a store!
Actually, we visited the Bodbe convent of St. Nino outside of Sighnaghi. St. Nino, a woman, is one of Georgia’s patron saints, and is buried at the Bodbe church. She is credited with bringing Christianity to Georgia in the 4th century, as a 14 year old girl. It is a rich story, to be told another time. “Nino” is as common a girl’s name in Georgia as “Maria” is in many Roman Catholic countries.
The nuns support the convent by selling shrine cards, handicrafts and enamel jewelry.
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