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3 unusual facts about Thecla


Eleftherios Foulidis

Since 1987, he has lived in London with his family and has been painting icons for churches of the Archdiocese of Great Britain such as: the church of St. John the Baptist in North London, the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Cross and St. Michael in Goldens Green, where he has decorated the church and he has painted the chapel of Saint Thecla.

Thecla

Santa Tecla, formerly Nuevo San Salvador, in La Libertad, El Salvador

In Ma'loula, Syria, a Greek Orthodox nunnery of St. Thecla Deir Mar Takla was built near what is said to be her cave tomb, reached by steps in the mountainside, a pilgrimage site with a holy well.


Ignác Raab

Another two of his paintings, of Saints Odile and Thecla, are located on the side altars in the Church of St. Procopius in Letinech.

Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany

Her father planned her betrothal to Oshin of Armenia in exchange for religious relics of St Thecla, located at Sis in Armenia, which he was anxious to acquire for the cathedral of Tarragona.

Langford Heathfield

Of these Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurina), High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis cydippe), Wood White (Leptidea sinapis) and Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) all have a local distribution in Somerset.

Technical University of British Columbia

Other prominent names who joined TechBC later included Michael Gurstein, John Bowes, Steve diPaola, Thecla Schiphorst, Michael Dobson, Robert Woodbury and V-chip inventor Tim Collings.


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