20150823 Moldova Tipova Monastery. The holy man arrives wearing a sports bag.The monastery starts smelling sweet when the monk spreads the scents.Elena stays bend under his sacred cape while he reads for about 25 minutesFriends of Elena support her. Dimitri goes to church every week with his grandmother. He likes it. His mother is impressed by the ceremony too.The priest does several rituals on elena’s face, hands and feet.He also cut some hairs and gives them sacred powers.The reading goes on and on. The ceremony lasted over an hour. After being poured down with water, Elena wore a blanked against the cold.
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