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Oka
River near Zaoksky Seminary south of Moscow. |
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Adventist
literature evangelists and leaders at their annual meeting in
Veligozh, Russia. |
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Orthodox
church in the village of Peterhof near St. Petersburg. The Euro-Asia
Division held mid-year meetings in this town in May 2002. |
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View
toward the Baltic Sea from the back veranda of the Peterhof Palace.
Peter the Great built numerous grand palaces near the sea. |
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Former
horse stables that were turned into an interesting but slightly
run-down sanitarium during Soviet times. Many delegates stayed
here during our meetings. |
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The
front gardens at Peterhof. The palace looks a bit like Versailles. |
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Mid-year
meeting delegates from around Euro-Asia and the General Conference
riding to St. Petersburg for church on Sabbath. The bus was delayed
twice in traffic jams caused by the visit of presidents Bush
and Putin. We did not meet the presidents but we did eat our
sack lunches near Bush's hotel. |
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Euro-Asia
Shepherdess director Galina Stele (in maroon jacket) talks to
wives of church leaders. |
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Division
president Artur Stele presents a plaque of appreciation to Evgenia
and Nikolai Zhukaluk of Ukraine. This couple served the church
for nearly five decades. Nikolai spent more than two years in
prison for distributing Christian materials. |
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St.
Petersburg Church. |
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Meeting
delegates taking a Sabbath afternoon cruise on a canal in St.
Petersburg. |
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Verna
and Gerry Karst from the General Conference with Heriberto and
Mabel Muller of the Euro-Asia Division. |
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Euro-Asia Division employees
and guests during a tour of Peterhof gardens. |
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Mario Veloso, Wilmar Hirle,
and Edgar Castillo chat during the train ride back to Moscow. |
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Raisa
Ostrovskaya and Elena Kotova on the train. |
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General
Conference guests Matthew Bediako and Gerry Karst during the
trip to Moscow. |
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