Ancient Cultures Geocoin Deb's Icthus

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Released:
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Origin:
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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To travel from cache to cache to visit places of christian worship & spirituality collecting prayers along the way........

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icthus

The Greek word for fish is "ixthus" or "icthus." The Christian fish symbol that many Christians place on their cars is known as the “ixthus.” Five Greek letters form the word “ixthus,” and those letters inside the fish form an acrostic which is a message that Christians clearly identified with. The first letter represented the word Jesus. The second letter represented the word Christ, the next two, God Son, and the final letter represented the word Savior. This adds up to “Jesus Christ is God’s Son, the Savior.”

During the early days of Christianity, Christians were often put to death for practicing their faith, so they worshiped in secret places. A fish painted on the outside door of a house let other Christians know that they would be safe and welcome inside. The Christian fish symbol is now often used to identify Christians and/or Christian businesses.

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Tracking History (62712.4mi) View Map

Dropped Off 1/30/2010 The44s placed it in Cassop Vale North East England, United Kingdom - 4.46 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/23/2010 The44s retrieved it from Mixed & massive piles North East England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Coin was in a small black velvet bag. Owner must have missed it.
Write note 1/9/2010 d-dixon posted a note for it   Visit Log

Not obviously in residence at my "Mixed & Massive Piles" cache, but it was snowing and I didn't rummage for too long. Will check again next time I'm passing.
Dropped Off 1/3/2010 missy_gracie placed it in Mixed & massive piles North East England, United Kingdom - 75.64 miles  Visit Log

Grey towers of Durham
Yet well I love thy mixed and massive piles
Half church of God half castle 'gainst the Scot
And long to roam these venerable aisles
With records stored of deeds long since forgot

Durham Cathedral has stood as a place of christian worship for over 900 years.

[This entry was edited by missy_gracie on Monday, January 04, 2010 at 6:37:54 AM.]
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/2/2010 missy_gracie retrieved it from Riven in Two Yorkshire, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Took this from Riven in Two. Will move on soon.
Dropped Off 12/28/2009 langerz placed it in Riven in Two Yorkshire, United Kingdom - 13.24 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/27/2009 langerz retrieved it from Wakefield Way - Caphouse #3 Yorkshire, United Kingdom   Visit Log

[green][b] nice coin, found this one today while caching i wakefield and couldn't resist taking it. Will move on soon thanks for sharing
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Dropped Off 11/24/2009 mikicos placed it in Wakefield Way - Caphouse #3 Yorkshire, United Kingdom - 5.92 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/15/2009 mikicos retrieved it from Wakefield Bridge and Chantry Chapel. Yorkshire, United Kingdom   Visit Log

found today. will move on soon. cheers
Dropped Off 10/27/2009 sunflowerbee placed it in Wakefield Bridge and Chantry Chapel. Yorkshire, United Kingdom   Visit Log
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