Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Baptism font, Zegocina

The parishes of Lakta Dolna, Lakta Gora and Zegocina were served by the same church at the time my grandfather left Poland. The church was destroyed by the Nazis and is under reconstruction, but a few things were salvaged and are placed in the new church. This font is from the old church and was used in my grandfather's baptism. For my sisters, the church looks and feels like the old St Ann's--benches in the front for the kids and eerily similar statues. The small graveyard outside is full of Austro-hungarian war veterans. We press on.

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