When the Homily is about Immunology

Sucevita Monastery in Romania

Apparently the grand church at the monastery of Sucevita is undergoing a good deal of restoration work; this is good to hear. Decades of communist oppression have left many such ecclesial treasures of Eastern Europe in disrepair.

The Church building itself is covered from ground to roof with elaborate imagery, including an fascinating display of numerous ancient philosophers (noticeably lacking halos, but none-the-less present.) In one we see included both Aristotle and Plato, and apparently a different section includes Sophocles, Plato, Sybille and Pythagoras (half of whom I know nothing about.) Interesting that in the second fresco, Plato has an occupied coffin on his head, anyone care to guess why? Clifton?

Can anyone translate 16th century Romania, or could it be Slavonic?

Anyway interesting stuff!