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Ukrainian miners build a church at the depth of 800 meters

22.07.2015, 10:34

St. Barbara Chapel has been opened at the depth of 840 meters in the Expluatatsionnnaya mine in the Zaporozhye Region, Ukraine.

Bishop Yefrem of Berdyansk and Primorsk consecrated the church, the local press service reports.

The Great Martyr Barbara is a heavenly protector of coal miners.

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