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| "May God's blessing
accompany you on the holy mission to preserve dilapidated
and desecrated churches in the countryside".
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia 8.VI.1992 (Declaration made by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II concerning the letter about the rescue of dying churches written by director of "Village Church Svetlana Aleksandrovna Melnikova.) |
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"The village churches are in a special class of architectural monuments,
with a special history, which is very significant to the people of Russia.
Destruction of the churches would be a great loss to Russia". |
First of all we restore and repair roofs, windows and doors and reinforce the church's main building constructions - walls, foundations, vaults - to bring the church building out of its ruinous condition.
The remaining work is then executed by the newly formed congregation. |
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