My father emigrated to this country from Lithuania. For many years his parents lived on the hill across from him,and for those years his [parents depended upon him for their needs, English and ties to the old country(others had settled there in Mt. Clare, Wva) This hill in Lithuania itself is steeped in great hisoty - here are a few glances where now there are hundreds of thousands of crosses!!
Mysterious hill of crosses where pilgrims actually believe Christ can perform miracles
- The tradition of leaving crosses began after an uprising against the Russian tsar was put down in 1831
- Relatives of the dead rebels, with no bodies to bury, instead left crosses on this hill to commemorate their fallen
- Today there are some 200,000 crosses, carvings and shrines at the site made out of everything from wood to meta
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Wow, that's quite the hill. I like the shot with the one cross shining through all the others.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is an impressive site. Thanks for telling us about it! My T13
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing. I had never heard of this. Thank you for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteNews to me, too. Stunning. Thanks!
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