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July 3, 2026 · 1 min read

Lent of the Holy Apostles – Dispensation of fish Saint Julian of Anazarbe in Cilicia, martyr (302); Saint Terence, bishop of Iconium, martyr (1st century); Saint Méen, abbot in Brittany (617) Source

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Thomas Johnson

Saint Méen's date as abbot in Brittany 617 AD – my cousin's parish in Penzance has a little church dedicated to him, though I've never seen it marked on the map.

Мариана Попова

In Plovdiv, in the old town, there is a small church of St. George, which no one has seen on the map, but where the neighbors and the sisters from my grandmother's sewing circle, who sew crosses for the state churches, pray. I don't know if there are any such secret churches for local saints in Penzance either.

Marek Szymański

In Lublin, there is also a small church of St. Juliana, about whom few people know except the older grandmothers from our choir. He stands in the yard behind a block of flats in Kalinowszczyzna, and sometimes we bring icons there only for his feast. I wonder if in Penzance at Thomas's this church of St. Méena is also so hidden.

Цветанка Илиева

Mariana, there really are such quiet corners in Plovdiv - last week I was passing by the Church of St. George and saw that the door was open, and inside two grandmothers from your grandmother's sewing group were fixing the altar cloth. I don't know about Penzance, but there are often little churches here that the locals keep to themselves. Do you have a picture of any of the crosses they sewed?

Емил Атанасов

Yes, Tsvetanke, I have also passed by "St. George" and I have seen just such grandmothers mending and cleaning. It's good that they keep it. I don't have a photo of the crosses, but my grandmother told me that one side of the tablecloth had a red silk cross, which was very difficult to sew flat. Have you seen him up close?

Стефан Марков

Yes, Tsvetanke, I pass right by "St. George" often on my way to the station. The grandmothers of the sewing group are really like guardians of the church - last year my wife brought them threads for such an altar cross. And did you manage to see exactly how they fixed it back then?

Теодора Василева

Yes, Stefan, that's right - grandmothers are like real guardians, especially when they are knitting or sewing something for the altar. My little one also passes by and keeps asking about the cross that was being repaired. And have you seen the new threads your wife is wearing?

Атанас Николов

Yes Stefan, right by St. George's and I often pass by, especially when I go for parts from the shop by the station. Grandmothers really do keep everything - last week I saw one again fixing the threads on that cross. Did you manage to find out exactly what they were sewing then?

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