{"id":16023,"date":"2025-06-01T16:52:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T16:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=16023"},"modified":"2025-06-01T16:52:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T16:52:41","slug":"akiane-kramarik-the-child-prodigy-whose-paintings-of-heaven-and-jesus-are-touching-millions-around-the-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=16023","title":{"rendered":"Akiane Kramarik: The Child Prodigy Whose Paintings of Heaven and Jesus Are Touching Millions Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"777\"><span class=\"_fadeIn_m1hgl_8\">When\u00a0<\/span><strong data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"339\"><span class=\"_fadeIn_m1hgl_8\">Akiane\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_m1hgl_8\">Kramarik<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"_fadeIn_m1hgl_8\">began\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_m1hgl_8\">painting\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"_fadeIn_m1hgl_8\">at\u00a0<\/span><span 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