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Russian Man Builds Church Of Snow For Village Without Chapel

The Canadian Press, 08 Feb, 2017 01:00 PM
    SOSNOVKA, Russia — A village in Siberia that did not have a church until this winter is getting a lesson in faith and life's ephemeral nature.
     
    Sosnovka resident Alexander Batyokhtin spent nearly two months building a village church entirely out of snow. The structure will vanish with the season.
     
    Batyokhtin worked on the chapel every day, even when temperatures plunged below minus 30 degrees Celsius (-22 Fahrenheit.) He used 12 cubic metres (424 cubic feet) of snow to make it.
     
    Batyokhtin says the work wasn't difficult. His biggest challenges were fashioning the altar and a cross for the roof.
     
    "The main thing is to say a prayer and keep a fast for some time, then just go and do it," he says.
     
    Sosnovka administrator Yuriy Kirsh says the church "means a lot to our hearts and souls" despite being temporary.

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