Trees in a Church

[Chesterton]

I'm not posting this for the audio, but for the picture used. Anyone know what church this is? Very nice.

 

[tampasteve]

I think it is Holy Trinity Orthodox Monastery and Seminary in Jordanville NY. And I agree, it is lovely, a truly magnificent building.

 

[Halbhh]

I'm not posting this for the audio, but for the picture used. Anyone know what church this is? Very nice.

Here's another thing you might find pretty wonderful, like me:

The wonderful and surprising video is at the top of the article below, and played automatically:

(The automatic Video is at the very top of the article, and takes a while to begin, possibly more than 10 or even 20 seconds, and the actual video itself is quiet at first (though most will see an ad actually first in that window). You'll want your volume turned on, and the video has it's own volume control also)
What Makes a Church? A Tiny, Leafy Forest

 

[GreekOrthodox]

I think it is Holy Trinity Orthodox Monastery and Seminary in Jordanville NY. And I agree, it is lovely, a truly magnificent building.

I think you are right:
Holy Trinity Monastery | Virtual tour generated by Panotour

 

[Chesterton]

I think it is Holy Trinity Orthodox Monastery and Seminary in Jordanville NY. And I agree, it is lovely, a truly magnificent building.

Are you sure? Their website has a large photo gallery but there's no photo that looks like that.

 

[Chesterton]

Here's another thing you might find pretty wonderful, like me:

The wonderful and surprising video is at the top of the article below, and played automatically:

(you'll want your volume turned on, and the video has it's own volume control also)
What Makes a Church? A Tiny, Leafy Forest

Hmm, video won't play for me.

 

[Halbhh]

Hmm, video won't play for me.

Did you wait about 20-30 seconds? Also the beginning of the video is very quiet and has very little motion also, almost inaudible. (but there is often an ad first in that window I'm guessing by the way, so it has to be maybe on screen if there is an ad)

So, it seems like it's not playing for a while, I think (and might require it visible on screen).

I remember that I had thought it was just a photo, and was reading further down in the article and I heard a sound, and thought that some random video in some other tab must have started up.

And that was maybe after closer to 1 minute possibly. So, it took me something closer toward a minute to even notice there was an interesting video, that first time. I might have clicked the ad to pause also, and then not noticed even on the first time on the page, but on a 2nd time, possibly.

 

[tampasteve]

Are you sure? Their website has a large photo gallery but there's no photo that looks like that.

I am pretty confident, maybe 90% confident it is their cathedral. Plus, Archpriest Heers was the instructor of Old and New Testament there when this was filmed (2018).

 

[ArmyMatt]

I think that is Jordanville, from my memory. and they do go all out for this Feast.

 

[Chesterton]

and they do go all out for this Feast.

The trees seem big to be potted trees. I assumed they were growing in the church, like this one:

 

[ArmyMatt]

The trees seem big to be potted trees. I assumed they were growing in the church, like this one:

yep they are

 

[Antoni]

Story here: What Scientists Have Said About the Miraculous Chapel of St. Theodora in Vasta | MYSTAGOGY RESOURCE CENTER

Wonderful and miraculous history of this church. Scientists cannot explain how it has survived through the centuries. No roots visible from the inside. It is noted in the Guinness Book of World Records as a miraculous wonder.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Story here: What Scientists Have Said About the Miraculous Chapel of St. Theodora in Vasta | MYSTAGOGY RESOURCE CENTER

Wonderful and miraculous history of this church. Scientists cannot explain how it has survived through the centuries. No roots visible from the inside. It is noted in the Guinness Book of World Records as a miraculous wonder.

I don't have enough faith to be an atheist

 

[prodromos]

Story here: What Scientists Have Said About the Miraculous Chapel of St. Theodora in Vasta | MYSTAGOGY RESOURCE CENTER

Wonderful and miraculous history of this church. Scientists cannot explain how it has survived through the centuries. No roots visible from the inside. It is noted in the Guinness Book of World Records as a miraculous wonder.

The roots grow down through the walls. Some roots are visible in places. No less amazing. Same for the one Chesterton posted. It is the Church of Panagia in the village of Samarina. The tree is growing above the altar but its roots work their way between the stones of the walls. Samarina is the highest village in Greece. If you visit, you must try the local trout.