My Apologies for the Quality of This Picture

You know what an earworm is: It’s a catchy piece of music that keeps running through your head and you cannot “unhear.” Although I have visited Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Northridge many times, I saw an image on the wall that I cannot unsee. At the far left of the photo above is an image of the crucifixion with several saints gathered around the foot of the cross. You can see a figure in green at the extreme lower right of the image. If the photo were not so dimly lit, it would show a grieving Ruth Buzzi. The bearded figure above her is a dead ringer for Kris Kristofferson.

As the church was built in the 1960s and the images on its walls were probably painted in Europe, I am sure that the resemblance is not intentional.

Martine and I attended the Greek Festival held at the church this weekend. We always spend about an hour in the church looking at the ornate artwork throughout the nave and iconostasis.