Orthodoxy in China



If my memory is correct, I believe that Harbin China - where this ice sculpture is to be found - is also where my Orthodox friend and neighbor Helen is orginally from...or at least her parents were from there. Basil, her husband, could clear the details of my foggy memory.

Anyway, as this article notes, there used to be quite a few Orthodox in Harbin.

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Jacob Aleksander said…
I believe Harbin was one of the stops of St. John Maximovich.
2:14 PM
Mimi said…
That's a beautiful ice sculputre. I only know of Harbin from "The Englishman In the Court of the Tsar" but appreciate the article as I'd like to learn more.

Thank you.
3:58 PM
Anonymous said…
My Wife's Grand parents(russian orthodox) Fled the Revolution and lived in Harbin, and then emigrated to The USA. (1930's?)

My Wifes grand father helped build Our church, (Saint Spiridon) in which I am a Proud member!

CHRIST IS BORN!
9:22 PM
Anonymous said…
We have a parishioner that spent her childhood there. Ketevana, she's in her 80's. Then she lived in Israel, and has been in America for 40 years. She speaks Russian, Chinese, Hebrew and English! And she cooks really good chinese food.
12:22 AM
Fr. John McCuen said…
If you go to trapeza after a service at the ROCOR cathedral in San Francisco (where the relics of St. John Maximovitch can be venerated), you will invariably find that pirogi are served -- and there will be a bottle of soy sauce on every table. The Russians acquired a taste for soy sauce on a a pirog while in exile in places like Shanghai and Harbin. St. John had an orphanage in Harbin; and there are stories told of miracles in answer to his prayers for the orphans that took place in Harbin. Many, many of those who left China under the care and protection of St. John, indeed, came from Harbin.

These same Russians (one of whom was our landlady for the three years we lived in San Francisco) told me of the icon of the Theotokos which once could be seen in the main train station in Harbin; beofre whom candles were lit and prayers offered by thousands, travelers and residents, Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike; and of answered prayers for these same people.

You can find (Google images: input "Orthodox Church Harbin) old photographs of the many churches that used to be found there.
8:13 AM
Munkee said…
http://www.trekshare.com/members/movinon/images/jimage69393.jpg

here's a really nice picture of the actual building in Harbin.
10:51 AM
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