The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Kerch! 3️⃣
Built between the 8th-10th centuries during the Byzantine period, its foundation likely incorporates materials from even earlier Christian structures, possibly dating to the 6th century.
Throughout its turbulent history, the sanctuary survived numerous invasions, first by the Khazars, then the Mongols in the 13th century, and later Ottoman rule after 1475 when Kerch became part of the Islamic empire. Remarkably, while many Crimean churches were converted to mosques during this period, Church of Saint John maintained its Christian identity, possibly protected by local Greek communities.
During Soviet times it served as a museum, religious services briefly resumed during the Nazi occupation 1941-1944, but were banned again after the war. Today the church is active once again! 🥰
The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Kerch! 3️⃣
Built between the 8th-10th centuries during the Byzantine period, its foundation likely incorporates materials from even earlier Christian structures, possibly dating to the 6th century.
Throughout its turbulent history, the sanctuary survived numerous invasions, first by the Khazars, then the Mongols in the 13th century, and later Ottoman rule after 1475 when Kerch became part of the Islamic empire. Remarkably, while many Crimean churches were converted to mosques during this period, Church of Saint John maintained its Christian identity, possibly protected by local Greek communities.
During Soviet times it served as a museum, religious services briefly resumed during the Nazi occupation 1941-1944, but were banned again after the war. Today the church is active once again! 🥰
"This time we received the coordinates of enemy vehicles marked 'V' in Kyiv region," it added. "He has kind of an old-school cyber-libertarian world view where technology is there to set you free," Maréchal said. Perpetrators of these scams will create a public group on Telegram to promote these investment packages that are usually accompanied by fake testimonies and sometimes advertised as being Shariah-compliant. Interested investors will be asked to directly message the representatives to begin investing in the various investment packages offered. But Kliuchnikov, the Ukranian now in France, said he will use Signal or WhatsApp for sensitive conversations, but questions around privacy on Telegram do not give him pause when it comes to sharing information about the war. Again, in contrast to Facebook, Google and Twitter, Telegram's founder Pavel Durov runs his company in relative secrecy from Dubai.
from jp
