ADMIN: This Orthodox Church is located near our historic Presbyterian Church in the center of Odesa. Pray!

From Jamie Peipon (Day 514): It is unfathomable that this type of madness has carried on every day for 514 days. We’ve become desensitized to it and it can be hard to keep up. Both of these pictures are of the Transfiguration of the Savior Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine. The darker one was taken tonight. This is not a military site. This is an orthodox church.

The church was founded in 1794 and the main structure was built in 1808. It instantly became a significant landmark in the downtown area of Odesa. In 1936, the communists of the soviet union decided to demolish it. It wasn’t until Ukraine was independent once again that the church was rebuilt in 1999. Overnight, hateful and rage-filled men and women in Moscow decided once again that this…