Russian space city builds new route to heavens

MSNBC ^ | Jan. 6, 2006 | James Oberg

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For almost half a century, Russian rockets and space travelers have assaulted the heavens from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soviet spaceport in Central Asia that was portrayed as the shining symbol of a communist future. Now one of the last sights for departing space crews is the shiny domes of a new Russian Orthodox church — where they have their own way of reaching toward heaven.

[No Truce With Kings]

Back in the ninties a friend of mine went to Kiev with a group from his Baptist Church to Christianize the Atheistic Russians. I told him to be sure to visit the churches and catacombs there -- that he was about 1000 years too late to Christianize them, even if the Soviet government had been atheistic. Even then, the upsurge in religion in Russia was heartening.

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Orthodoxy Ping

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You want to do a space ping?

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NASA

A Russian Orthodox priest gives a traditional blessing to Michael Foale, left, Alexander Kaleri, center, and Pedro Duque, on Oct. 18, 2003, shortly before the three men launched from Baikonur to the international space station. The now customary ceremony was revolutionary when it began in 1994.

[A. Pole]

There is a small wooden Russian church in Antarctica:

[Teletubbed]

"Russian space city builds new route to heavens"

A new route?

I always thought it's up?

[Sundog]

That is really cute. !!!

[RightWhale]

Looks like a church in Alaska.

[Freelance Warrior]

Merry Christmas to Orthodox Christians whose Churches follow Julian's Calendar! (like the Russian Church does).

[RusIvan]

“Man can go into space, that’s good," he told the newspaper. "He can view unbounded horizons, other planets, and appreciate how wisely this entire gigantic “mechanism” was constructed, in which everything is computed literally to the millimeter. And every sane person, discovering all this knowledge himself must say, 'Glory to Thee, O Lord, Who hast so wondrously made it all.'”

Very true words.

[RusIvan]

Looks like a church in Alaska.==

It is built by same builders:).

I saw recetly the TV report about Alaska. Surprisingly I saw that people there carries russian roots. They are ortodox. Use russian "banya" (bath). Even use many russian words in names or in speaking. They showed one man who spoke english with nice russian inclusions that the jornalists was stunned.

[A. Pole]

This is from inside:

[Sundog]

I followed your link to the BBC and the story, but didn't see a link to the pics.

Thanks, that is beautiful.

[dr_who_2]

There's a concert hall in Vienna
where your mouth had a thousand reviews.
There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking-
They've been sentenced to death by the blues.

Ah, but who is it who climbs to your picture
with a garland of freshly cut tears?
Aye-yae-yae! Take this waltz! Take this waltz!
Take this waltz it's been dying for years.

[RightWhale]

Many Alaskan Natives carry Russian surnames, especially along the lower Yukon River, coastal regions. Russian Orthodox missions, Orthodox churches, are preserved like historical sites, tourist attractions. If you travel to Anchorage you need to drive down the Kenai penninsula, although the traffic is heavy.

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This is a nice story :)

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"This is a nice story."

Isn't it. Back in the 1980s I use to send contributions to ROCOR's seminary, with the request that they pray for those that travelled in space, as well as by land, sea, and air. They must have thought I was a little touched, but I was serious. It is good to see something like this at Star City.