Saintly Sunday

St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church

Saintly Sunday

Haven't done one of these for a while.

Postcard Shot

Monday was my last day in Russia, where I had spent the last month traveling from end to end. This was taken from the pedestrian bridge behind Christ the Saviour cathedral, overlooking the Moscow River and Kremlin.

Saintly Sunday

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Just in case you haven't made your plans for Easter weekend, or would like to do something other than pig out on chocolate bunnies.

Saintly Sunday

Another church sporting the 70s era jewel-toned glass windows.

Saintly Sunday

Just a few of the amazing windows at First Presbyterian Church ad 7th Street and 4th Avenue.

Saintly Sunday

Mount Cavalry Lutheran Church is located on 6th Street just south of 8th Avenue. It's a multipurpose church, as you can see by the Korean lettering down the corner - it also holds the Orthodox Reformed Church, a rather ominous name. This is a common thing here in Canada, for many varieties of churches to share a building, probably brought on by declining attendees and increased property taxes.

Due East

View eastward on Royal Avenue, from the intersection with 6th Street, in front of City Hall. You can see tiny remnants of the snow that fell last Wednesday, but hasn't completely melted due to the slightly subzero temperatures of the last week. To the middle of the photo and right is a church I posted a few months ago - St Peter's, with the glowing red cross on the top of the tower.

To the right and downhill is the Fraser River and the New Westminster Quay; to the left and uphill are places like Royal City Centre, and the city of Burnaby.

Saintly Sunday

This church has been featured before, the St Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church. It looks a little different today as it's Holodomor Awareness Week (holod = famine, moryty = kill by starvation) in Canada, where the various Ukrainian groups remember the victims of the famine created as the Soviet government requisitioned all foods grown in Ukraine. Some reports state that near to one quarter of Ukraine's population perished. There are 33 black flags representing the year 1933, when the famine reached its peak of devastation.

(Info from the black sign on the building.)

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Ukrainian Catholic Church of Most Holy Eucharist, 4th Avenue and 6th Street. Lovely how the sky matches the windows.

Saintly Sunday

St Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Royal and 4th. It's difficult to see here, but the red cross at the top of the tower lights up.c

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One side of Olivet Baptist Church, Queens Avenue.

Saintly Sunday

Queens Avenue United Church, at the corner of Queens and Sixth. They regularly host classical musicians in recital; however, I don't pass by regularly enough to read the advertisement sign out front.

Saintly Sunday

This church rather reminds me of a castle. It is the Holy Trinity Anglican Church on Carnarvon Street. From the street, it is tucked away down the hill, and behind some trees. You have to walk on to the church property and around the building to see the old stone facade. The street view is of the more recent church hall addition.

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Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Parish church.



Front door detail

Saintly Sunday

Although this began as a Ukrainian Orthodox church, the congregation waned to a point where it couldn't sustain the building any longer. It now also houses an Ethiopian Orthodox congregation as well!

St Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 8th Street

Knox

There are some rather clever sign writers at the local churches. This one, Knox Presbyterian on Columbia Street in Sapperton, said, "Under same management for over 2000 years".