Photo Story, June
2001, by Gogi Tsagareli, PakerPhoto: Photo Documentary-Photo Journalism Every Sunday Molokane of Saburtalinian community gather for divine service in a chapel in the silent Lvovskaya street in Tbilisi. For the last years the number of Tbilisian Molokane have greatly decreased. The youth has moved to live abroad, old men have died or moved to live with their children. Article is available. |
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Tbilisi |
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Every Sunday the adherents
of molokanism gather for divine service in a chapel in
Lvovskaya street in Tbilisi. They pray, recite biblical
texts, sing psalms and listen to the prebyster Vladimir
Zheltkov's (center) sermon. They gather small donations
under the white cloth after prayers. |
A member of the Molokan Saburtalinian community. | An old Molokan woman,
member of Saburtalinian community . |
Every Sunday the adherents
of molokanism gather for divine service in a chapel in
Lvovskaya street in Tbilisi. They pray, recite biblical
texts, sing psalms and listen to the prebyster's sermon.
The members of the community address to each other as
"brothers and sisters". For the last years the number of
Tbilisian molokane have decreased. Saburtalinian community
used to have 700 men, whereas now only 44, mostly old
people. |
During common dinners the
members of Saburtalinian community cook borsch, noodles,
meat, raisin porridge, eat cheese, fruit and drink tea.
Molokans' tea-drinking ceremony goes back to the times of
prohibition. Molokan men do not use alcoholic drinks. |
During common dinners the
members of Saburtalinian community cook borsch, noodles,
meat, raisin porridge, eat cheese, fruit and drink tea.
Molokans' tea-drinking ceremony goes back to the times of
prohibition. Molokan men do not use alcoholic drinks. |
Molokan women are preparing
tea for tea-drinking ceremony, which goes back to the
times of prohibition. |
A member of Saburtalinian community making tea in an antique samovar, which is very popular among molokane. | Saburtalinian community
presbyter Vladimir Pavlovich Zheltkov. "The youth has left
either for Russia or the USA and Australia, old men have
died or moved to live with their children. The number of
members in three Tbilisian communities makes about 100
people", he says. |
Krasnogorka |
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Pavel and Olga Remizovs, members of Molokan community in village Krasnogorka. | Members of Molokan community walking down the street of village Krasnogorka. | Presbyter Remizov standing at a tombstone. |
A Molokan boy going down
the street in village Krasnogorka |
A little Molokan boy in the
street of village Krasnogorka. |
A little Molokan boy in the street of village Krasnogorka. |
Remizova (82), a member of
Molokan community, holding a portrait of her father. |
Remizova (82), a member of the Molokan
community.
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Village Krasnogorka not far
from Tbilisi, where Georgian Molokans live. |
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