St. Nicholas

Artos Bread Seal

George Aquaro
Prosphora Stamp Central
Los Angeles, California, USA
2002
Silicone
6 inches

Artos breads are not consecrated for communion. Called eulogia bread in Greek, these breads were offered for services in which they were blessed and distributed to the poor. Monasteries and churches would often have their own stamps, usually with the image of a patron saint. Today, most of the original stamps are in museums.

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