Chernobyl - "bury me in this very cemetery, under this very pine, with a stunning view of sunrise in one direction and a village landscape in another"

Very moving. "Every year Orthodox Christians in Belarus throng to local cemeteries to commemorate their deceased relatives and loved ones on the ninth day after Easter, following an ancient Slavic rite on a revered day called Radunitsa. They tidy up tombs and adorn them with wreaths, and bow their heads in somber silence."


Reuters. By Vasily Fedosenko. Chernobyl graves.

The 28th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. 









"In Pogonnoye, I overheard an old man asking his younger relative to bury him “in this very cemetery, under this very pine, with a stunning view of sunrises in one direction and a village landscape in another”.

There is little doubt the old man’s request will be respected – for many years to come, deceased evacuees are set to return to rest in peace in their native land. And for more years to come, despondent survivors of the world’s worst nuclear disaster will stream to their birthplace from which they were once uprooted." 


Reuters, May 13, 2011, Photographer's blog: Chernobyl graves by Vasily Fedosenko (read the full text and see pictures):
http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2011/05/13/chernobyl-graves/


Photo above from Vasily's blog.




"as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." 2 Cor. 4:18



Carola is singing about our Christian homeland, native land with clean air, no sickness...
"Jag har hört om en stad ovan molnen."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZCxnLdTva8

"Abide with me":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bqrRNowf1Q



Kyiv Post:

Pripyat residents still grieve for homes they left behind (April, 26, 2014)

http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/people/pripyat-residents-still-grieve-for-homes-they-left-behind-345044.html