October 29, 1999 Novomarievskaia,
Stavropol'
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1. Ground breaking.
(American Molokan 2nd from left?)
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2. Delivering bricks,
colored for decor. Little wood is used in construction.
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5. The crane is
lifting concrete "plates" to make the ceiling. The next steps are to
finish the roof and interior. A wooden roof frame will support
"shifer", corregated fiber reinforced concrete sheets. Electric wire
will run in the walls before plastering. The building probably will
have no plumbing. The toilet will be outhouses. Cooking will be on an
outside fire. Walls will be painted with white wash--lime and water.
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3. Near:
tractor hydrolics. Background: sand for cement and
white-grey exterior bricks.
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4. Delivery of
"plates" for the ceiling.
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Above are photos of a church in Stavropol Russia, Colony
Novomarievskaya. [Click on
photos to ENLARGE.] A few churches and individual people helped to
build it to it's
present stage. An amount of $10,000 to $11,000, will be needed to
complete the building,
equip the kitchen and purchase a furnace. [See map
that shows
Novomarievskaya to be 10 miles northwest of Stavropol'. Paul
Slivkoff helped raise
funds to build the church in Nadezhda, 5 miles east of Stavropol'. The
Molokan church in
Shpakovsoie, 5 miles north of Stavropol', was built mainly by refugees
from Azerbiadjan.]
The Minister and 9 elders are listed below. They all belong to the
Molokan Spiritual
Christian Church, (Priguni sect.) For 77 years, the religious people in
Russia were denied
the right to go to church and worship. Now they are free to worship and
could build a
House of Worship, but they have no money to do so. They have a hard
time feeding
themselves and their children. We ask everyone to please open your
hearts and send a
donation so they could complete their church. Donations can be sent to
me at the address
below.
| Thank you,
John A. Kochergen
8163 W. McKinley Ave.
Fresno, CA 93722
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Address for the preacher of the church:
Russia 356236
Stavropol' region
Shpakovsky district
Village Novomarievskaya
Street Uzhnaya 4
Petrushkin, Ivan Timofeevich
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| Families of: |
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- Petrushkin, Ivan Timofeevich
- Samarin, Timofey Ivanovich
- Portnovs
- Belyakovs
- Konovalovs
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- Galicins
- Kochergenovs
- Kolpanovs
- Desyatovs
- Bogdanovs
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And all our
community from young to
old, God bless you. We look forward to hearing from you.
See map that shows
