You don't have to drive far outside Odessa before the time warp hits! On our way to the Ukraine-Moldova border this horse and buggy offered a hint that we were about to travel back in time.
At times you look out the window and think it's 1800!
Bicycles are still used as work vehicles in the village of Limanskoye.
The natives were not thrilled about having their picture taken, especially by an American...
As our friend Slava joked, if I had come here 17 years ago, it would be "big problem!" Limanskoye was home to a major Soviet Mig Jet Fighter Base. It's eerie to stand in this place thinking about the Cold War, and seeing the once proud symbol of Soviet power now crumbling.
The neglected and decaying statue of Karl Marx is surrounded by weeds and goat dung. How appropriate that the goat at the base is chained!
This Lutheran Church, destroyed by Communists in the 1930's, is now a symbol of failed Marxist ideology.
In the
1932-34 famine, an estimated six to seven million Ukrainians were starved to death by Stalin. Atrocities committed against Ukrainians by Nazis and Communists are still being discovered.
Seventy years after communists gutted the interior, the walls of this Catholic Church remain.
In the first five years of the Communist Revolution, Lenin ordered the execution of more than 120,000 Orthodox Priests, Monks and Nuns. The 20th century witnessed the
greatest persecution the Christian Church has ever known, as believers perished by the millions in the Former Soviet Union. But hundreds of village churches like this have risen above the ashes. The "Gates of Hell shall not prevail."
You don't have to drive far outside Odessa before the time warp hits! On our way to the Ukraine-Moldova border this horse and buggy offered a hint that we were about to travel back in time.
At times you look out the window and think it's 1800!
Bicycles are still used as work vehicles in the village of Limanskoye.
The natives were not thrilled about having their picture taken, especially by an American...
As our friend Slava joked, if I had come here 17 years ago, it would be "big problem!" Limanskoye was home to a major Soviet Mig Jet Fighter Base. It's eerie to stand in this place thinking about the Cold War, and seeing the once proud symbol of Soviet power now crumbling.
The neglected and decaying statue of Karl Marx is surrounded by weeds and goat dung. How appropriate that the goat at the base is chained!
This Lutheran Church, destroyed by Communists in the 1930's, is now a symbol of failed Marxist ideology.
In the 1932-34 famine, an estimated six to seven million Ukrainians were starved to death by Stalin. Atrocities committed against Ukrainians by Nazis and Communists are still being discovered.
Seventy years after communists gutted the interior, the walls of this Catholic Church remain.
In the first five years of the Communist Revolution, Lenin ordered the execution of more than 120,000 Orthodox Priests, Monks and Nuns. The 20th century witnessed the greatest persecution the Christian Church has ever known, as believers perished by the millions in the Former Soviet Union. But hundreds of village churches like this have risen above the ashes. The "Gates of Hell shall not prevail." 
2 comments:
Hi Guys! Wow! I am so impressed with the site! I didn't realize you were updating daily and I love all the pictures!! It is evident the love God has given to you for one another and your children. My prayer is for you to continue to experience His love for you and your family and that He would enable you to love one another deeply!
Love,
Beth
This is beautiful! We just located our oldest Russian son's sister. She is in a small settlement quite close to Ukraine..... From looking at the few photos we got of their "house" (more like a cottage) I feel they must live very, very simply. That appeals to me in many ways, I must say. There is nothing in her house. I see a table and a couple of chairs...certainly not the clutter in my own!
Thanks also for the beautiful photos of the churches...
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