13 works, Today, August 16th, is the Dormition of the Not-Made-by-Hand Image, its story illustrated #228

Saint Abgar (1)
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Saint Abgar
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Tradition relates, that during the time of the preaching of the Saviour, Abgar the Black, first king that converted to Christianity rules in Edessa. He was stricken all over his body with leprosy…

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