Object Description
MEDALLION, ASSUMPTION FESTIVAL OF GODPARENTS - GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH.
Silver coin/medal. On one side is the iconic figures of Mary holding Jesus. On the opposite side, it is engraved the following, "Assumption Festival Godparents, 1981, Mother of God Pray for Us", with a cross figure at the bottom.
Origin
Nothing is known involving a "Godparent Festival", but it is assumed that this coin comes from Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois.
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Citation
Medal, Commemorative, 1981, National Hellenic Museum, https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/objects/7139. Accessed 03/18/24.