Monday, April 30, 2012

Sightseeing in Kyiv April 23, 2012

Marcia, Sister Vasil'eva, Brother and Sister Callister on the Metro.

Brother Vasil'ev
Brother and Sister Sherwood

Jay and Brother Sherwood

Underground Metro Tunnel

Jay and Marcia
Marcia on the long escalator going up from Metro tunnel to street level.

The Golden Gate. Originally built in 1017-1024 A.D.   Restored in 1983. Gate into City of Yaroslav.

Front Entrance of Golden Gate

Looking through front gate to doors.

Prince Yaroslav the Wise, founder of the City of Yaroslav.

Brother Sherwood, Jay, Marcia, Sister Sherwood, Sister Vasili'eva, and Brother and Sister Callister.

St. Sophia Cathedral Bell Tower

Our group in front of the Bell Tower of St. Sophia Cathedral.

St. Sophia Cathedral
Looking from St. Sophia Cathedral towards St. Michaels Cathedral.  Brother Vasil'ev in foreground.

A happy photographer!

St. Sophia Cathedral


Some guy on a horse.  Does it look like Jay?
Monument to Bohdan Khmelnytskyi.


You see lots of sidewalk artists displaying artwork.  Some of the paintings are really nice.

Lots of souvenir outdoor markets.

Ukranian nesting dolls.

St. Andrews Cathedral.  They are doing construction on it, so this is about as close as we could get.


A closer view of St. Andrew's Cathedral.

A famous statue in front of St. Andrew's Cathedral.  It honors heroes of classical hit movies "After Two hares".

Ministry of Foreign Affairs building.  It was the Communist Government building when they controlled Ukraine.

Front view of the above building.

Bell Tower and entry into St. Michaels Cathedral.

Another view of St. Michael's Cathedral.

Another view of St. Michael's Cathedral.

Marcia finally got to take a picture.

It's important to know where the WC is.

Brother and Sister Vasil'ev.   They are a wonderful couple serving  with us in the Temple.  He is also a sealer.  We really love them, and happy they like to go with us.

Men also need to know where the WC is.

Two babushkas begging by entry to St. Michael's Cathedral.  We all gave them some money.

Brother Sherwood and Jay.

Looking from St. Michael's Cathedral towards St. Sophia's             Cathedral.

Diplomatic Academy.

These two men were responsible for the Russian Language.

An ice cream stand.  Yes, we all had a cone.

A carousel downtown for children.



We ate lunch at a little Ukranian cafeteria.

We're on our way home!

2 comments:

  1. WANDERFUL.YOU WANDERFUL PEOLE.MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS!

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  2. HELLO DERS SISTER MARCIA AND WANDERFUL TEMPLE MISSIONARIES!HOW ARE YOU?HOW IS YOUR P/DAY?I HOPE,IT WAS WANDERFUL AND YUO REST WELL.I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I PRAY FOR YOU ALL MY HEART AND WISH YOU HAPPINESS.YOU ANGELS................YOU TRUE ANGELS AND I LOVE YOU.I VERY,VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU THAT YOU COME TO US,TO UKRAINE TO HELP US.THANK YOU!!!MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS.I HOPE,YOU WAS SO HAPPY TO BE AT CHURCH YESTERDAY AND BRING YOUR TESTEMONING.I WAS SO HAPPY TO BE THERE YESTERDAY IN LVIV BRANCH.ITS WANDERFUL UKRAINIAN SITY AND THERE WANDERFUL SAITHS.I LOVE THAM.I PRAY FOR THAM ALL MY HEART.ONE SISTER FROM THAT BRANCH IS VERY SICK.SHE IN HOSPITAL AND NEED BLAD.I PRAY FOR HER ALL MY HEART THAT SHE CAN GET BETTER SOON.All HERT I PRAY FOR HER.MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS MY DEAR FRIENDS.ALL MY HEART I PRAY IF I CAN GO ONE DAY AND SEE YOU.I VERY WANT HELP YOU IF YOU NEED.I WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO DO THAT FOR YUO.MY PRAYERS WITH YOU ALWAYS.I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH.HAVE A GREAT WEEK!NASTIA FROM IVANO FRANKIVSK,UKRAINE.

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