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**FredderiK** · 03-20-2008, 01:52 AM

Thank you for this valuable information. Unfortunately we decided not to go to Suceava, as my friend is Ukrainian and would have needed a visa. But I still hope to go back there on my own, and your post will be very useful.

My stay in the Chernivtsi region, however, was remarkable in its own right. It was impressive to see how tenaciously the people there have remained faithful to Orthodoxy throughout the Soviet period. Almost every village seemed to be dominated by a large church, usually an Orthodox one, though there were some Uniate churches in evidence as well, presumably the result of the migration in the Austrian period that you describe.

03-20-2008, 01:52 AM	#8
FredderiK Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 375 Senior Member	Thank you for this valuable information. Unfortunately we decided not to go to Suceava, as my friend is Ukrainian and would have needed a visa. But I still hope to go back there on my own, and your post will be very useful. My stay in the Chernivtsi region, however, was remarkable in its own right. It was impressive to see how tenaciously the people there have remained faithful to Orthodoxy throughout the Soviet period. Almost every village seemed to be dominated by a large church, usually an Orthodox one, though there were some Uniate churches in evidence as well, presumably the result of the migration in the Austrian period that you describe.
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