Living up to its name as one of the global leaders in laser technology, Lithuania sent what may be the smallest nativity scene in the world to Pope Francis.
Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania, said in regards to the gift that, “The most important things - invisible to the naked eye.”
The Vilnius Gediminas Technical University showed the process of making the special gift, saying “This Christmas, we decided to give something very small to someone very big.”
Made in Vilnius, Lithuania, students and professors at the university scanned the nativity scene at Cathedral Square using laser technology, reduced it 10,000 times, and made a 3D print of it.
The most important things - invisible to the naked eye. World's smallest nativity scene - #Lithuania 's gift to @Pontifex pic.twitter.com/qTjtp9VYuF
— Dalia Grybauskaitė (@Grybauskaite_LT) December 22, 2017
According to the University, in this nanoscale, baby Jesus is smaller than a human cell.
“Sometimes the most important and impressive things are invisible to the naked eye, but we all know that they are real and true.This is the world’s smallest Nativity Scene; and although you cannot see it with your naked eye, it is real and it is here,” says the project website.
The nativity scene has been submitted to the Guiness Book of World Records to be considered the smallest nativity scene ever made.
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