Received: 4th October 2012 Distance: 1526
km (948 miles) Travel time: 25 days.
Thank you, Anya
from Belarus!
The card shows
the Catholic church of
St. Anthony of Padua in Pastavy. There is not much information about Pastavy on
Wikipedia. The church is not named, but shown on a picture.
Pastavy is a city in the Vitebsk Voblast of
Belarus, an administrative center of the Pastavy district. Pastavy is located
on the river Myadelki. Pastavy has a station on the railway line between Viciebsk
and Vilnius in Lithuania. Pastavy has several historic buildings including 18th
century houses and 19th century church. In 2009, Pastavy celebrated its 600th
anniversary.
Source Wikipedia.
This photo shows the same church.
Anthony of Padua, also known as Anthony of Lisbon (born Fernando
Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231) was a Portuguese
Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. Though he died in Padua, he
was born and raised in a wealthy family in Lisbon.
Noted by his contemporaries
for his forceful preaching and expert knowledge of scripture, he was the second-fastest
canonized saint (after St. Peter of Verona) and proclaimed a Doctor of the
Church on 16 January 1946.
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I pray to St. Anthony all the time when I have lost things (which is more and more these days).
I believe Vitebsk is where the painter Chagall was born. You might find this poem of mine of interest:
http://poetikat-km.blogspot.ca/2012/04/motherrussia.html
You mentioned Chagall in my other post, so I googled him. Yes, he was born in Vitebsk. And your poem is so lovely! Thank you for sharing!
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