Newspaper report: Old fresco in Bulgarian church depicts Jesus Christ against a Rocket
*** An Orthodox expert believes it to be a coincidence
Moscow, June 2, Interfax – The fresco of the Holy Transfiguration in the church of Dobrysko, a Bulgarian village, features Jesus Christ against the ruby background which looks like a rocket.
Another fresco on the subject of the Holy Transfiguration in the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker located in the southern suburb of Sofia features Christ the Savior in a silver oval with double outlines similar to UFO, Argumenty i Fakty reports Wednesday.
The Dobyrsko fresco was painted in 1614, but according to documentary sources, the original church was built here as early as 11th century. “UFO” was painted in mid-13th century.
Besides, the churches keep frescos featuring the Ascension. Both pictures show Jesus Christ in a regular sphere supported by angels. “Is this a landing module or a personal vehicle to move through the circumterrestrial space?” the author ponders.
History professor Bojhidar Dimitrov, who many years worked as Director of the National Historic Museum of Bulgaria and was elected Diaspora Minister to the government of Bulgaria last year, indicated that the frescos in the Dechansk Monastery in Kosovo show saints flying in oval devices with air nozzles ejecting fire.
The Dean of Historical Department of St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University of Humanities priest Andrey Posternak said that the above mentioned oval in Bulgarian churches was the so-called mandorla, which meant mystical almond nut representing the aureole of glory, the Celestial Light shining in the Mount Tabor.
“The form accidentally matched the general idea of aliens’ flying objects. But this is mere accident. Just as the triangle shape of the red background enveloping the body of Christ looks like a rocket picture. This random coincidence should not be taken for any other non-canonical content. It would be a true overstatement,” he believes.
