St Mamas, the lamb and the lion: icon in the church at Morphou
Saint Mamas was a Christian martyr who died c. 275 in Cappadocia. He preached to animals in the fields, and a lion remained with him as companion. In iconography, his attribute is the lion. His feast day is 17 August in the Roman calendar and 2 September in the Orthodox calendar.
In Cyprus he is popularly known as the patron saint of tax avoiders. According to local legend he was a hermit living in very poor circumstances and when the authorities tried to tax him, he evaded them. Soldiers were sent out and captured him but on the way back to town, he saw a lion attacking a lamb, escaped the soldiers, saved the lamb, jumped on the lion's back and in that way came to town. His bravery earned him exemption from tax, hence his traditional attribute.
Morphou/Guzelyurt in Cyprus has a celebrated church dedicated to Mamas.
And Mama ended up with two tow haired girls to raise in a garage apartment while she walked to the doctor's office she worked at each day.
For all the pain and hardship those years must have been, mostly Mama talked about how Edna and Sarah would devise some play or skit while she was gone and give her refreshment while they put on the show when she returned.
And Mama was back at what she wanted most in life to do......be an exceptional homemaker, wife and mother.
Mama and Iola are trying to figure out ways to get more men to come to the senior singles mixer, and Naomi mentions making a flyer to do a little advertising.
Mama finally strikes upon the idea of putting her picture on the singles flyer.
Mama and Iola discover Vint's screw-up after they arrive at the mixer and the women are upset about it.
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