I'm not very close to religion, but I respect it.A lot in this case.
This is Lithuania. Hills of crosses.
Went there backpacking in 2008. Heard the story about the first man who put down a cross. A farmer. The daughter was sick and he was making his cross to get some hope. Sat it on the hill. Then the next one came. Then another...
New leaders came to the country. Burned it down. All the crosses on the hill. Then they left.
Another man came. New cross. Then the next one...
Hill of crosses have now (I guess) 2-3 one million crosses. Big. Small. In three. In metal. Some are set up for prayer. Some of the recalls. Some to thank.
Wandering around and looking at the small text about hope, about memories, about prayer. Becomes almost religious.
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HCM: Thanks for sharing this neat photo of the crosses, interesting story.
On a documentary on the Baltic states I saw a very moving piece on the crosses. You can destroy the crosses, but not the spirit of the people thank God.
quite interesting..why do they have so many crosses around, i wonder:)
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Digger bildene dine her på bloggen, de frister meg til å ville reise og oppleve! Du er så dyktig.
Spesielt likte jeg dette bilde med korsene her! Fantastisk flott. Dette er garantert ett bilde jeg kunne hatt på veggen, selv om jeg ikke er relgiøs selv.
Ha fin påskehelg :)
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