Bless Your Heart · Stop No. 19
Olga of Kiev
“Saint & Slayer”
- Era
- Kievan Rus, 10th century
- Provenance
- Kyiv, downwind of the fires
- Medium
- Devotional woodcut with arson accents
- Edition
- Canonized edition
Widowed by the Drevlians, Olga responded with a series of increasingly creative funerals — theirs. She later converted to Christianity and was made a saint, proving the Church keeps excellent receipts but forgives with style. The burning churches in the background are theirs, not hers; hers came later, and stayed standing.
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