New Church in Donbas Land Photo

Photographer’s Note

This Holy Mandylion Church was inaugurated a year ago, on the John the Evangelist Day, 9 October 2008. It is located in Horlivka, large industrial city of the Donets coal mining Basin (Donbas shortly). The biggest Ukrainian chemicals plant, public corporation “Concern “Styrene””, was the sponsor of the construction.

GPS coordinates: 48.30400 Lat, 38.05900 Long

This shot of Ukrainian newly build church has much in common with another my shot of a new church in Russia.

vasilpro, belido, paololg, BeBeHooker, shevchenko, serp2000, maloutim, wojtpod has marked this note useful

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npecanhuk (13845) 2009-10-10 4:38

Hello Sergiy!
That's a very beautiful picture!
The architecture is very interesting and attractive!
Sharpness, exposure, dof and colors are excellent!
The pov was very well chosen and the composition is quite effective!
Thank you very much for showing a bit more of Ukraine to me!
My warmest regards,
Neyvan

rodgerg (23993) 2009-10-10 5:34

Hello Sergiy,

An another beautiful church, a very nice shot too with the baiier in the Fg which give a gret graphic effect and depht to the image. The white colors of the church is very well exposed, the details well collected nad the edifice arise very well under a beautiful sky.
Best regards,
Roger

vasilpro (8674) 2009-10-10 8:20

Hello Sergiy,
Excellent composition, interesting architecture with gold domes, very well chosen POV, very good clarity, sharpness and colors.
Have a nice WE, Vasilis.

belido (16421) 2009-10-10 8:37

Hi Sergiy,

we all must thank you for sharing those beautiful images from your country. Once more you do a great job on the catching. The photo is pleasant to look at. Nicely done!
Regards,
Carlos

pajaran (3075) 2009-10-10 9:48

Dobro vece , kod nas je danas bio lep suncan jesenji dan sa vetrom.
Lepa crkva.
Dobra kompozicija i dobre boje.
Svidja mi se ovako obnovljena, mocno izgleda.
Prijatno vece, Paja.

paololg (13743) 2009-10-12 14:18

Ciao dear friend,
compliments for the excellent quality of this photo, absolutely perfect. Thanks to your beautiful photos I have discovered wonderful orthodox churches in Ukraine. Unbelievable definition of the details, especially in the gilded domes. A great photo, compliments!
Ciao, have a very nice week!
Paolo

BeBeHooker (5466) 2009-10-13 6:42

Hi Sergiy!
Wonderful church, amazing architecture, nice sky, beautiful weather, superb colors.
Cheers!

shevchenko (9908) 2009-10-14 23:37

Hi Sergiy,
Clear to see a church combined with different type of geometrical shapes, it is just beautiful and attractive although in simply color, thanks for sharing an unique local church.
Ally

serp2000 (9473) 2009-10-17 10:36

Privet, Sergiy,
Good presentation of New church in Donbas. I like this composition, very nice colors and good sharpness. Informative note too!
have a nice sunday!
Serghei

maloutim (3949) 2009-10-18 1:06

Good morning Sergiy!
It's a long time since I commented one of your photos! But I had them in mind all the time, as I was making the inventory of ALL the Ukrainian churches on TE! I have called them all "Sergiyade". I hope it's all rignt with you!
In the process, I learnt a lot about Ukraine and its churches! Looking at your photos, I was amazed by the beauty of the brand new churches!
Now, I understand that so many religious buidings were destroyed during the "Dark Age of the Russian empire: Soviet Union period", as SaidQirimli put it. And as soon as Ukraine became independent, they started rebuilding, probably in part thanks to the enormous riches of the Orthodox church? I don't know how long people will remain religious though in this materialistic world!
Anyway, these churches are just beauties! I love this one with its perfect white, gold and red against the perfect blue sky!
The Bysantine style also appeals to me very much!
However, during my cyber-travellings in your country, I also found old wooden churches, which I found very appealing. Are there any in your part of the country too? If so, I would love to see them in your gallery!
I have also read your new introduction, and see that you are visiting your country very methodically (Luhanska is missing! Is it the next one to come?), sportively and very ecologically! Congratulations on the distances covered on your bike! Well done!
Thanks to all that, I am learning much about Ukraine, which was left out of my education. When I was at school, no countries behind the "Iron Curtain" were studied in geography lessons! Well, Better late than never!
I wish you a very good (sunny , I hope) Sunday!
Marie Louise.

wojtpod (180) 2009-10-19 10:05

Hello Sergyi!
Can you tell me why the new uniate or orthodox churches are beautiful like this Holy Mandylion Church? Perfect colors and sharpness!
Best regards,
Wojtek

pablominto (40600) 2009-10-26 4:50

Hello Sergiy,

I'm quite fascinated by the churches with the golden onion shaped domes!
The rest of the architecture is pretty special too, with this massive tower construction...
The wonderful light makes the building show it's very best way!

Greetings,
Pablo -

jmdias (19195) 2009-11-14 15:50

sergiy

amazing architecture. the golden domes made a nice contrast with this beautiful blue sky. perfect light, pov and framing sharpenss is perfect too.it is like a giant jewl shining in the light. well done

hugs

jorge