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| We have noticed a cemetery that we walk near as we go to shop at the street market so we decided to go there. It was a cool Autumn day. We don't know why there were benches and tables near the graves. Some were new graves and some were quite old. But most were cared for with flowers, either real or fake. Some had been carefully prepared for Winter. |
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| Many had pictures |
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| Some graves were just simple mounds but most plots were enclosed by metal fences that had been painted black or silver. The metal crosses were also kept painted. |
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| Most of the newer graves were marked with this kind of shiny black stone and engraved pictures. We were impressed with the belief in immortality and Christ that was evident in the sayings and the pictures on the gravestones. Somehow faith and religion survived in Ukraine in spite of Soviet communism. |
