"A 200-year-old church building has disappeared from a village in central Russia, officials from the Russian Orthodox Church say.The building had stood near the village of Komarovo since 1809.It was intact in July but some time in early October thieves made off with it brick by brick, they said.Local prosecutors had been informed and an investigation was under way, a spokesman for the local Russian Orthodox Church said.The disappearance of the Church of the Resurrection, some 300 km (186 miles) north-east of Moscow, was not immediately noticed. "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7728407.stm
"A 200-year-old church building has disappeared from a village in central Russia, officials from the Russian Orthodox Church say.
The building had stood near the village of Komarovo since 1809.
It was intact in July but some time in early October thieves made off with it brick by brick, they said.
Local prosecutors had been informed and an investigation was under way, a spokesman for the local Russian Orthodox Church said.
The disappearance of the Church of the Resurrection, some 300 km (186 miles) north-east of Moscow, was not immediately noticed. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7728407.stm
>>9610 >Church of the Resurrection>some time in early October thieves made off with it brick by brickDoesn't really matter, does it? If they pray, I'm sure it'll resurrect itself. Faith can move mountains. Prayer can ensure McCain & Palin can win the US elections.Oh wait...
>>9610
>Church of the Resurrection>some time in early October thieves made off with it brick by brick
Doesn't really matter, does it? If they pray, I'm sure it'll resurrect itself. Faith can move mountains. Prayer can ensure McCain & Palin can win the US elections.
Oh wait...
Suspect sought for questioning.
>>9610 I've heard of shoplifting, but this takes the communion wafer!...I'll get my surplice.
I've heard of shoplifting, but this takes the communion wafer!
...I'll get my surplice.
>The disappearance of the Church of the Resurrection [...] was not immediately noticed.Well then: nothing of value was lost. Or rather, something of value was lost -- but not in the last few months! Because if it took the officials this long to act on the locals' notifications, and if the locals themselves very probably didn't notice anything immediately†, then this church was not a valuable piece of their society, either in terms of modern-day utility or in terms of antiquity & heritage. Vandalism to churches in regular use is noticed within days. Vandalism to national treasures is similarly noticed in much, much less time than several months.‡†,‡ Our time window begins back in July? It would have been more convincing that this building's loss was devastating to the local community and to the nation as a whole had the article read "late September" instead of "July".
>The disappearance of the Church of the Resurrection [...] was not immediately noticed.
Well then: nothing of value was lost. Or rather, something of value was lost -- but not in the last few months! Because if it took the officials this long to act on the locals' notifications, and if the locals themselves very probably didn't notice anything immediately†, then this church was not a valuable piece of their society, either in terms of modern-day utility or in terms of antiquity & heritage. Vandalism to churches in regular use is noticed within days. Vandalism to national treasures is similarly noticed in much, much less time than several months.‡
†,‡ Our time window begins back in July? It would have been more convincing that this building's loss was devastating to the local community and to the nation as a whole had the article read "late September" instead of "July".
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