Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 08-10-05, Feast of St. Lawrence, deacon & martyr

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Saint Lawrence--Deacon And Martyr [Read Only]

From: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10

Blessings To Be Expected

[6] The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,
and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. [7] Each one
must do as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under
compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. [8] And God is able to
provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always
have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good
work. [9] As it is written, "He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;
his righteousness endures for ever." [10] He who supplies seed to the
sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and
increase the harvest of your righteousness.

Commentary:

6-15. The collection appeal ends with some remarks about the benefits
that accrue from it. First, St Paul says that the generous almsgiving
of the Corinthians will stand to them in this life and in the next (vv.
6-10), and then he refers to its effects on the faithful in Jerusalem:
they will praise God and feel closer to the Christians of Corinth (vv.
11-15).

A person who is generous in almsgiving draws down on himself the
blessings of God. St Augustine says: "Your Lord says this to you,
[...] Give to me and receive. In due course I will give back what is
due to you. What will I give back? You gave little to me, you will
receive a great deal; you gave me earthly things, I will give back
heavenly things; you gave me temporal things you will receive eternal
things; you gave me what was mine, you will receive me, myself [...].'
See whom you lent to. He nourishes (others) and (yet he himself)
suffers hunger for your sake; he gives and is needy. When he gives,
you wish to receive; when he is needy, you are unwilling to give.
Christ is needy when a poor man is needy. He who is disposed to give
eternal life to all his own has deigned to receive temporal things in
(the person of) anyone who is needy' ("Sermon 33", 8).

6. This image of sowing and reaping is often used in Sacred Scripture
to indicate the connection between one's actions and reward or
punishment in the next life (cf. Prov 22:8; Mt 25:24-26; Gal 6:7f).
What the Apostle says here reminds us of our Lord's promise: "Give and
it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together,
running over, will be put into your lap" (Lk 6:38). However much we
give God in this life, he will reward us with much more in the next.

7. "God loves a cheerful giver": a teaching often found in Scripture
(cf. Deut 15:10; Ps 100:2; Sir 35:11; Rom 12:8). An alms or a service
done reluctantly can never please anyone, particularly God our Lord:
"If you give bread and it makes you sad to do so," St Augustine
comments, "you lose both the bread and the reward" (St Augustine,
"Enarrationes in Psalmos", 42, 8); whereas the Lord is delighted when
a person gives something or gives himself lovingly and spontaneously,
not as if he were doing a great favor (cf. "Friends of God", 140).

8-10. St Paul emphasizes the abundant divine blessings--both temporal
and spiritual--which generous almsgiving brings. In the Old Testament
we read in the Book of Tobias: "Give alms from your possessions to all
who live uprightly, and do not let your eye begrudge the gift when you
make it. Do not turn your face away from any poor man, and the face of
God will not be turned away from you. If you have many possessions,
make your gift from them in proportion; if few, do not be afraid to
give according to the little you have. So you will be laying up a good
treasure for yourself against the day of necessity. For charity
delivers from death and keeps you from entering the darkness; and for
all who practice it charity is an excellent offering in the presence of
Most High" (4:7-11). To almsgiving can be applied our Lord's promises
about the hundred-fold in this life and then everlasting life--promises
made to all those who give up something in his name (cf. Mt 19:28f).

"Righteousness" is equivalent to holiness. In the Bible the person is
described as righteous or "just" who strives to do God's will and serve
him to the best of his ability (cf., e.g., notes on Mt 1:19; 5:6).

10. "For," comments St John Chrysostom, "if even to those who sow the
earth and to those who are concerned about the needs of the body, God
gives in great abundance, much more will he give to those who till the
soil of heaven and apply themselves to the salvation of their souls,
for he wills that we should spare no sacrifice in that regard [...].

"This holy apostle gives these two principles: in temporal things one
should limit oneself to what is necessary; but in spiritual things one
should seek as much as possible. Therefore he asks that we should not
simply give alms, but give alms generously. That is why he calls alms
'seed'. Just as corn cast into the ground produces a crop, so generous
alms produces righteousness and abundant harvest" ("Hom. on 2 Cor",
20).

Source: "The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries". Biblical text
taken from the Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries
made by members of the Faculty of Theology of the University of
Navarre, Spain. Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock,
Co. Dublin, Ireland.

From: John 12:24-26

Jesus Foretells His Glorification (Continuation)

(Jesus said to his disciples,) [24] "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless
a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if
it dies, it bears much fruit. [25] He who loves his life loses it, and
he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
[26] If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall
my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him."

Commentary:

24-25. There is an apparent paradox here between Christ's humiliation
and his glorification. Thus, "it was appropriate that the loftiness of
his glorification should be preceded by the lowliness of his passion"
(St Augustine, "In Ioann. Evang.", 51, 8).

This is the same idea we find in St Paul, when he says that Christ
humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross,
and that therefore God the Father exalted him above all created things
(cf. Phil 2:8-9). This is a lesson and an encouragement to the
Christian, who should see every type of suffering and contradiction as
a sharing in Christ's cross, which redeems us and exalts us. To be
supernaturally effective, a person has to die to himself, forgetting his
comfort and shedding his selfishness. "If the grain of wheat does not
die, it remains unfruitful. Don't you want to be a grain of wheat, to
die through mortification, and to yield a rich harvest? May Jesus bless
your wheatfield!" ([St] J. Escriva, "The Way", 199).

26. Our Lord has spoken about his sacrifice being a condition of his
entering into glory. And what holds good for the Master also applies to
his disciples (cf. Mt 10:24; Lk 6:40). Jesus wants each of us to be of
service to him. It is a mystery of God's plan that he--who is all, who
has all and who needs nothing and nobody--should choose to need our help
to ensure that his teaching and the salvation wrought by him reaches all
men.

"To follow Christ: that is the secret. We must accompany him so closely
that we come to live with him, like the first Twelve did; so closely,
that we become identified with him. Soon we will be able to say,
provided we have not put obstacles in the way of grace, that we have put
on, have clothed ourselves with our Lord Jesus Christ (cf. Rom 13:14).
[...]

"I have distinguished as it were four stages in our effort to identify
ourselves with Christ--seeking him, finding him, getting to know him,
loving him. It may seem clear to you that you are only at the first
stage. Seek him then, hungrily; seek him within yourselves with all your
strength. If you act with determination, I am ready to guarantee that
you have already found him, and have begun to get to know him and to love
him, and to hold your conversation in heaven (cf. Phil 3:20)" ([St] J. Escriva,
"Friends of God", 299-300).

Source: "The Navarre Bible: Text and Commentaries". Biblical text
taken from the Revised Standard Version and New Vulgate. Commentaries
made by members of the Faculty of Theology of the University of
Navarre, Spain. Published by Four Courts Press, Kill Lane, Blackrock,
Co. Dublin, Ireland.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005
St. Lawrence, Deacon, Martyr (Feast)

First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:

2 Corinthians 9:6-10
Psalm 112:1-2, 5-9
John 12:24-26

If you commit any sin, repent of it at once and resolve to amend. If it is a grievous sin, confess it as soon as possible.

-- St. Alphonsus Liguori

Catholic Culture

Collect:
Father, you called Saint Lawrence to serve you by love and crowned his life with glorious martyrdom. Help us to be like him in loving you and doing your work. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

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August 10, 2005

Feast of St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr

Old Calendar: St. Lawrence

Lawrence was chief among the seven deacons who served the Roman Church during the mid-third century. The young cleric held a position of great trust, caring for the goods of the Church and distributing its alms among the poor. He was arrested under the Emperor Valerian in 258, laid upon a gridiron and slowly roasted to death. Lawrence rejoiced in his awful martyrdom and died praying for the conversion of the city of Rome, in the hope that from it the faith of Christ might spread throughout the world. From that time idolatry began to decline in Rome.

St. Lawrence

This young deacon and heroic martyr is numbered among those saints who were most highly venerated by the ancient Roman Church. Next to the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, that of St. Lawrence ranked highest in the Roman sanctoral cycle. "From the rising of the sun unto its setting," says St. Leo, "whenever the glory of Levites beams forth in splendor, Rome is deemed no less illustrious because of Lawrence than Jerusalem because of Stephen."

Even though we have no genuine account of St. Lawrence's martyrdom, we do possess considerable evidence from most ancient times regarding the particulars of his passion. Legendary Acts tell how Lawrence was a disciple of Pope Sixtus II (257-258), who dearly loved him because of his special talents, but principally because of his innocence; in spite of his youth, the Pope numbered him among the seven deacons of Rome and raised him to the position of archdeacon. As such, Lawrence had the immediate care of the altar and was at the side of the saintly Pope whenever he offered the holy Sacrifice; to him also was confided the administration of the goods of the Church and the responsibility of caring for the poor.

During the persecution of Emperor Valerian (253-260), Sixtus II and his four deacons were martyred. Very ardently Lawrence desired to die with his spiritual father and therefore said to him: "Father, where are you going without your son? Where are you hastening, O priest, without your deacon? Never before did you offer the holy Sacrifice without assistants. In what way have I displeased you? In what way have you found me unfaithful in my office? Oh, try me again and prove to yourself whether you have chosen an unworthy minister for the service of the Church. So far you have been trusting me with distributing the Blood of the Lord."

This loving complaint of joyous self-oblation Sixtus answered with words of prophecy: "I am not forsaking you, my son; a severer trial is awaiting you for your faith in Christ. The Lord is considerate toward me because I am a weak old man. But for you a most glorious triumph is in store. Cease to weep, for already after three days you will follow me". After these comforting words he admonished him to distribute all the remaining Church goods allocated to the poor. While Lawrence was dispersing these items in the house of a certain Narcissus, a blind man named Crescentius asked for healing help by the imposition of hands. The holy deacon made the Sign of the Cross over him and the man began to see.

From his relations with Pope Sixtus, it was known that he acted as the steward over the Church's property. He was arrested therefore and placed under the watch of a certain Hippolytus. There in prison Lawrence cured the blind Lucillus and several other blind persons; impressed thereby, Hippolytus embraced the faith and died a martyr. Ordered by the authorities to surrender the treasures of the Church, Lawrence asked for two days time during which to gather them. The request was granted and he brought together in the house of Hippolytus the poor and the sick whom he had supported. These he led to the judge. "Here are the treasures of the Church!"

Lawrence was tortured, scourged, and scorched with glowing plates. In the midst of excruciating pain he prayed: "Lord Jesus Christ, God from God, have mercy on Your servant!" And he besought the grace of faith for the bystanders. At a certain point the soldier Romanus exclaimed: "I see before you an incomparably beautiful youth. Hasten and baptize me." He had observed how an angel dried the wounds of Lawrence with a linen cloth during his passion.

Again during the night he was dragged before the judge and threatened with immediate death. But he replied: "My God I honor and Him alone I serve. Therefore I do not fear your torments; this night shall become as brightest day and as light without any darkness." When placed upon the glowing gridiron, he jested with his executioners and the cruel tyrant. "Now you may turn me over, my body is roasted enough on this side." Shortly after this had been done, he cried again: "At last I am finished; you may now take from me and eat." Then turning to God in prayer: "I thank You, O Lord, that I am permitted to enter Your portals." To comfort him during his torments God said to him: "My servant, do not be afraid. I am with you." He was put to death upon the Viminal Hill and buried on the Tiburtinian Way.

Such the passion and death of this Christian hero, a story that in the Roman Breviary is told by the antiphons and responsories. Already in Constantine's time there was erected over his grave a church that belonged to the seven major basilicas of Rome, St. Lawrence Outside the Walls.

Excerpted from The Church's Year of Grace, Pius Parsch.

Patron: Archives; archivists; armories; armourers; brewers; butchers; Ceylon; comedians; comediennes; comics; confectioners; cooks; cutlers; deacons; fire; glaziers; laundry workers; librarians; libraries; lumbago; paupers; poor people; restauranteurs; Rome; schoolchildren; seminarians; Sri Lanka; stained glass workers; students; tanners; vine growers; vintners; wine makers.

Symbols: Dalmatic; thurible; gridiron, dish or money; palm and crucifix; censer; processional cross; cross and book of Gospels; money purse.
Often Portrayed As: Deacon holding a gridiron; deacon holding a book; deacon holding a bag of money.

Things to Do:

St. Lawrence was a deacon in the early Church, not a priest. The word deacon comes from the Greek word "diakonia," which means service. Deacons of the early Church often helped widows, orphans, the poor and the elderly. If there is someone elderly in your family try to do something nice for them today. If not pay a visit to a local nursing home and cheer someone up.
From the Catholic Culture library: St. Lawrence: Proto-Deacon of the Roman Church.
For more information about the diaconate check out St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Resource Site.
Many times we do not realize how important patron saints are in various parts of the world. For example in GOA (south of Bombay, India), where the people are poor in material possessions, the feast of St. Lawrence marks the beginning of the fishing season and the vessels used are blessed by the priest. Make a donation to the poor box and remember to pray for those who live in less developed countries.
This website, Tallyrand's "Culinary Fare", in addition to a page devoted to St. Lawrence, patron of cooks, lists other saints and gives info and history of various foods such as chocolate and pasta.

Prayer to St. Laurence, Deacon and Martyr

Feast: August 10. Also spelled Lawrence.

St. Laurence, pray for us, that the flames of divine love may burn away all traces of vice within us, and that we may be practical and zealous in the service of the poor. Amen.

American Catholic’s Saint of the Day

August 10, 2005

St. Lawrence

(d. 258?)

The esteem in which the Church holds Lawrence is seen in the fact that today’s celebration ranks as a feast. We know very little about his life. He is one of those whose martyrdom made a deep and lasting impression on the early Church. Celebration of his feast day spread rapidly.

He was a Roman deacon under Pope St. Sixtus II. Four days after this pope was put to death, Lawrence and four clerics suffered martyrdom, probably during the persecution of the Emperor Valerian.

A well-known legend has persisted from earliest times. As deacon in Rome, Lawrence was charged with the responsibility for the material goods of the Church, and the distribution of alms to the poor. When Lawrence knew he would be arrested like the pope, he sought out the poor, widows and orphans of Rome and gave them all the money he had on hand, selling even the sacred vessels to increase the sum. When the prefect of Rome heard of this, he imagined that the Christians must have considerable treasure. He sent for Lawrence and said, “You Christians say we are cruel to you, but that is not what I have in mind. I am told that your priests offer in gold, that the sacred blood is received in silver cups, that you have golden candlesticks at your evening services. Now, your doctrine says you must render to Caesar what is his. Bring these treasures—the emperor needs them to maintain his forces. God does not cause money to be counted: He brought none of it into the world with him—only words. Give me the money, therefore, and be rich in words.”

Lawrence replied that the Church was indeed rich. “I will show you a valuable part. But give me time to set everything in order and make an inventory.” After three days he gathered a great number of blind, lame, maimed, leprous, orphaned and widowed persons and put them in rows. When the prefect arrived, Lawrence simply said, “These are the treasure of the Church.”

The prefect was so angry he told Lawrence that he would indeed have his wish to die—but it would be by inches. He had a great gridiron prepared, with coals beneath it, and had Lawrence’s body placed on it. After the martyr had suffered the pain for a long time, the legend concludes, he made his famous cheerful remark, “It is well done. Turn it over and eat it!”

The church built over Lawrence’s tomb became one of the seven principal churches in Rome and a favorite place for Roman pilgrimages.

Comment:

Once again we have a saint about whom almost nothing is known, yet one who has received extraordinary honor in the Church since the fourth century. Almost nothing—yet the greatest fact of his life is certain: He died for Christ. We who are hungry for details about the lives of the saints are again reminded that their holiness was, after all, a total response to Christ, expressed perfectly by a death like this.

"Rise, Ye Children of Salvation"
by Justus Falckner, 1672-1723
Translated by Emma R. Bevan, 1827-1909

1. Rise, ye children of salvation,
All who cleave to Christ, the Head.
Wake, arise, O mighty nation,
Ere the Foe on Zion tread.
He draws nigh and would defy
All the hosts of God Most High.

2. Saints and heroes long before us
Firmly o this ground have stood;
See their banner waving o'er us,
Conquerors through the Savior's blood.
Ground we hold whereon of old
Fought the faithful and the bold.

3. Fighting, we shall be victorious
By the blood of Christ, our Lord;
On our foreheads, bright and glorious,
Shines the witness of His Word;
Spear and shield on battle-field,
His great name we cannot yield.

4. When His servants stand before Him,
Each receiving his reward;
When His saints in light adore Him,
Giving glory to the Lord,
"Victory!" our songs shall be
Like the thunder of the sea.

The Lutheran Hymnal:
Hymn #472
Text: Jude 3
Author: Justus Falckner, 1697, cento
Translated by: Emma R. Bevan, 1858
Titled: "Auf, ihr Christen, Christi Glieder"
Composer: Joachim Neander, 1680
Tune: "Neander"

**4. When His servants stand before Him,
Each receiving his reward;
When His saints in light adore Him,
Giving glory to the Lord,
"Victory!" our songs shall be
Like the thunder of the sea.**

I am sure that Saint Lawrence has received his reward! Thanks for the post!

Homily of the Day

Homily of the Day

Title:	Are You a Cheerful Giver?
Author:	Monsignor Dennis Clark, Ph.D.
Date:	Wednesday, August 10, 2005

2 Corinthians 9:6-10 / John 12:24-26

"God loves a cheerful giver," Paul says in today's reading. And it's true, but the fact is that giving things away can be a very scary business. Lurking right under the surface are all sorts of fears: "If I give this away, am I going to have enough for myself? What if I run out? I could be destitute!"

Sometimes, possessing a particular thing, or job, or role can be so important to us that our identity gets all wrapped up in it. And the thought of giving it away sends chills down our spine. "If I give it away, who will I be? Will they still like me when I don't have this or that anymore?"

And then there's the business of giving our time or ourselves in friendship: "What if they make too many demands on me? Will I get hurt? Will I able to escape?" On and on it goes.

No doubt about it, giving things away, especially when it's ourselves, can be a scary business. But it doesn't have to be, for if our giving is wholehearted, with our entire attention focused on the other person and not on ourselves, and if there's no holding back, something remarkable happens: we don't experience the giving away as loss, but as gain. The recipient's joy becomes ours.

Never is this more clear than when we give our full attention to a suffering friend and willingly share his or her pain and don't run away from it. That ought to be entirely sad, but somehow in the self-forgetfulness that comes from focusing entirely on another's needs, there is joy and comfort. And that's what Paul was talking about: day-by-day investing so thoroughly in others that we experience their joys as if they were our own. This was the joy that Jesus knew.

May this joy be yours every day of your life. Amen.

A Voice in the Desert

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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Meditation
John 12:24-26

St. Lawrence

Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit. (John 12:24)

This image of the grain of wheat certainly applies to St. Lawrence, a deacon of the early church who was martyred during the persecution of Valerian in a.d. 258. But as much as this passage applies to martyrs, it can be applied to all of us as well.

Fourth-century accounts tell of St. Lawrence’s bold response to the agents of Valerian, who gave him twenty-four hours to produce the treasures of the church. The next day, Lawrence appeared with a throng of Rome’s poor and disabled—all of whom he served. “These are the treasures of the church,” he announced. And for his audacity, he was roasted alive.

If the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church, where do we fit in today? Not too many of us will be called upon to shed our blood. So how do we help the church take root and grow? By freely embracing the small “martyrdoms” that are part of our everyday lives.

Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa once explained it this way: “A mother . . . goes home and begins her day made up of a thousand little things. Her life is literally reduced to crumbs but what she does is no little thing: It is Eucharist with Jesus! A religious sister . . . goes to her daily work among the old, the sick, the children. Her life too might seem split by many small things that leave no trace at night—another day wasted. But her life too is Eucharist; she has ‘saved’ her own life. . . . No one should say: ‘What use is my life? What am I doing in this world?’ You are in the world for the most sublime of reasons, to be a living sacrifice. To be Eucharist with Jesus.”

When we choose to put aside ourselves to help others, or when we decide to stand up for the gospel, we join martyrs like Lawrence in sharing in Jesus’ sacrifice for the world. We really can bear fruit for God’s kingdom!

“Lord Jesus, help me to choose to follow you with my whole life. I want to empty myself so that I can serve others. I want to bear much fruit for your kingdom!”

2 Corinthians 9:6-10; Psalm 112:1-2,5-9

Faith-sharing bump.

Praise to the Lord for providing us every blessing in abundance. Not a sparrow falls to the ground without His knowledge, so we know that he watches us, walks with us, guides us safely in his loving care. Praise the Lord!

One Bread, One Body

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St. Lawrence

2 Corinthians 9:6-10

Psalm 112

John 12:24-26

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“HE MUST INCREASE” (Jn 3:30)

“Increase your generous yield.” —2 Corinthians 9:10

The Church has been fiercely attacked in the last decade, both from within and without. Though the bombs explode around us, now is not a time to hide in the foxholes. Rather, now is a time for the members of the Church to be generous, fruitful, and abundant. Like St. Lawrence, who was burned to death as a martyr, we are to burn brightly in our witness for Jesus, being living candles for God. We “are the light of the world” (Mt 5:14), and our “light must shine before men so that they may see goodness in” our “acts and give praise” to God (Mt 5:16).

Now is the time for Jesus to increase greatly in our society through our witness. Therefore, we must die to our tendency to seek the safe and comfortable (Jn 12:24). Dare to be great for the Lord and “increase your generous yield” (2 Cor 9:10). Increase your tithing and almsgiving. “Make disciples” by conceiving more children and discipling them for Jesus (Mt 28:19). Step out publicly in your witness for Jesus. Stand up publicly for pro-life candidates and causes. Teach your children the Scriptures. Go to Mass more frequently, even daily.

As we thus increase our yield, God multiplies our energy and supplies our needs (2 Cor 9:10). So with cheerful hearts (2 Cor 9:7) and “great confidence in” Him Who cannot be outgiven (2 Cor 3:4), let us “lavishly” (Ps 112:9) and “bountifully” (2 Cor 9:6) give our lives to God so that He will greatly increase.

Prayer: Father, as Your royal child, may I think big and abundantly. Advance Your kingdom greatly through my life.

Promise: “If anyone serves Me, him the Father will honor.” —Jn 12:26

Praise: God increased St. Lawrence’s yield by granting power to his intercession which caused Christian armies to win their battles.

Jn 12:24-26
#	Douay-Rheims	Vulgate
24	Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die,	amen amen dico vobis nisi granum frumenti cadens in terram mortuum fuerit
25	Itself remaineth alone. But if it die it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it and he that hateth his life in this world keepeth it unto life eternal.	ipsum solum manet si autem mortuum fuerit multum fructum adfert qui amat animam suam perdet eam et qui odit animam suam in hoc mundo in vitam aeternam custodit eam
26	If any man minister to me, let him follow me: and where I am, there also shall my minister be. If any man minister to me, him will my Father honour.	si quis mihi ministrat me sequatur et ubi sum ego illic et minister meus erit si quis mihi ministraverit honorificabit eum Pater meus

Crucifix with interceding Virgin and John the Theologian

Late 18 c.
Wood, levkas, tempera. Round sculptures.
Originated from the (evidently, desecrated) church of St.Alexander Nevskyi in the village of Ust-Kachka of Permskyi district, Russia.
Perm State Art gallery