St Michael's Church, Kraynykovo, Ukraine

[lilan14]

A couple of months ago, I went for an ethnographic festival on the other side of the Carpathians. The festival itself had nothing to do with any religion, but on the way there we made a stop at a little old village of Kraynykovo. Apart from its age (it dates back to the 14th century), nothing is especially interesting about the place, except a

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[messiah_noire]

Lovely! I'd really like to see a wooden church for myself. They're so different to the ones built of stone.

[lilan14]

They are indeed. I've been to some that were built without using a single metal detail; that was really fascinating.

Thanks for the comment!

[haggispatrol]

What an absolutely delightful building! Thank you.

[lilan14]

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, it really is a very nice building. I hope they manage to keep it around!!

[suriontwilight]

Interesting Church, I loved the roof I couldn't help thinking of feathers!

[lilan14]

That's a very common technique in that part of the country. You can still see entire houses (walls and all) done like that.

[morejellytoast]

LOL, my first thought was "fish scales."

[lisianpeia]

It's so tiny and cute! I'm amazed at how diferent it is from the ones built of stone.

Thank you for sharing it!

[lilan14]

I love wooden churches. The part of the country where I live still has a lot of those, but there are just four left of the kind I posted pics of.

[psyrah]

So neat! I love it.

[lilan14]

It really is neat. :) I'm glad you liked it!