I visited several different religious churches and temples during our visit to Ukraine (pre-war). Some of them abandoned inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, some in small villages and a some in Kyiv.
Here are a few photos from those locations with more in the photo gallery.
Slavutych Ukraine
Church ceiling inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
St. Sophia's Cathedral in Sophia’s Square (Kyiv)
When Blair and I traveled to Ukraine to visit Chernobyl, we stayed in a little village called Slavutych. From here, we traveled by train each day back and forth to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone to explore the nuclear power plants, Pripyat, and the surrounding area. On our last morning, we talked to this church in Slavutych to photograph this wonderful facility. I don’t know anything about their traditions, but I found it interesting that the church had no pews or chairs inside. During the service, everyone stands.
As you can see, it was a foggy morning with a gray sky.
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