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Lego Jesus: 'Christus' Statue Replica Unveiled at Swedish Church

by Tina Kells | April 13, 2009 at 07:43 am

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Easter Sunday at a Swedish church was marked with an unusual tribute to Jesus Christ, a lego replica of Christus, a statue by Danish sculptor 19th century Bertel Thorvaldsens's. The lego Jesus (or lego jezus) statue stands 5'8" tall (1.78 meter) and was constructed from 30,000 white lego pieces donated by church-goers.

Churchgoers had donated nearly 30,000 Lego bricks to build the 1.78 metre (5.8 foot) high statue, said Per Wilder, the pastor of the Oensta Gryta Church in Vaesteras, about 110 kilometres (70 miles) west of Stockholm.

"This work began a year and a half ago so we saw that the initiation date was fitting in well (with this year's Easter holiday)," Wilder said.

"It is a fantastic installation and it will be there as long as we think it is in a good spot," he said.

"All those I spoke with were full of praise, saying how fantastic the model looks and how much good work we put into this," Wilder said.

See the AFP photo of the lego Jesus statue from the Oensta Gryta Church in Vaesteras

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