Andreevskaya Church
There is a legend that says that on the site where the Dnepr River flows nowadays, a sea used to be. When Saint Andrew came to Kiev and placed a cross on the site where Andreevskaya Church now stands, the sea receded, and only some water remained under the Andreevskaya Mountain. When the church was built, a spring appeared under the altar. That’s why Andreevskaya Church doesn’t have bells. The legend says that the sound of bells would awake sleeping water, and Kiev would be overflowed.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
The building of the ministry is located on the Mykhailiv Square, named for the monastery and next to the park “Volodymyr’s Mount”.
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Golden Domes
St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery (Mikhailovsky Cathedral) in Kiev, Ukraine.
Originally built in the Middle Ages by Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych,it was demolished by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s, but was reconstructed in 1990s, after Ukraine gained its independence.
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Jake, 16 years old, Higgins, Texas
“Eight years ago, I began traveling the United States to photograph senior dogs. Like the diverse human pageant that Robert Frank captured in his book, The Americans, back in the 1950’s, I found dogs inhabiting all manner of American life — and with many years inscribed in their beings.” — Nancy LeVine
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Vydubychi Monastery in blooming lilac.
Vydubychi Monastery is an historic monastery in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
The monastery was established between 1070 and 1077 by Vsevolod, son of Yaroslav the Wise. It was a family cloister of Vsevolod’s son Vladimir Monomakh and his descendants.
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Dancing fish
One rainy day when it was very wet outside, I decided to spend some time in Long Beach Aquarium, CA.
Huge water tanks with variety of fish, jelly fish, sharks and sea lions…
It seems one can watch this infinite movement forever. It’s like watching ocean waves or burning fire.
