Father Momotyuk Nazarii, village priest at the church in Novo Ladizhichi, Ukraine, goes caroling to celebrate Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas. The choir spent two days going door to door all over Sukachi and Novo Ladizhichi villages, singing, offering blessings, and collecting donations for the church.
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This photograph is part of Michael Forster Rothbart's After Chernobyl documentary photography project.
© Michael Forster Rothbart 2007-2010.
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more »Father Momotyuk Nazarii, village priest at the church in Novo Ladizhichi, Ukraine, goes caroling to celebrate Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas. The choir spent two days going door to door all over Sukachi and Novo Ladizhichi villages, singing, offering blessings, and collecting donations for the church.
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This photograph is part of Michael Forster Rothbart's After Chernobyl documentary photography project.
© Michael Forster Rothbart 2007-2010.
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Date: 1/2009 File#: Canon 5D digital camera frame 50497
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Original caption: .Father Momotyuk Nazarii, the village priest at the church in Novo Ladizhichi, Ukraine, goes Christmas caroling with members of his congregation to celebrate Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas, January 7, 2009. The group spent two days going door to door all over Sukachi and Novo Ladizhichi, singing, offering blessings, and collecting donations for the church. When people gave them candy and fruit, they redistributed it to children and elderly residents. Novo Ladizhichi was built in 1987 to house evacuees from the original village of Ladizhichi following the 1986 Chernobyl accident..
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