Шуньгское сельское поселение, Republic of Karelia, Russia
A story about visiting a chapel on a lake called Kosmozero.
I will begin the narrative by telling you about this place.
The name of the lake Kosmozero comes from the old Karelian word, meaning "corner" or "extreme lake".
The peninsula of Zaonezhye is covered with lakes. This is a very beautiful land. During my trip to Kizhi, I had the opportunity to see this. In the evening, after returning from the island of Kizhi to our base in the village of Velikaya Guba,
I decided to make another short trip to Kosmozero.
The road from our parking to the Cosmozer is not far. 20 minutes by car. After 10 minutes of driving, the asphalt from the road disappeared somewhere and the dirt road went on.
Apparently, it rolled in not a very long time. Traces of tractor tracks were visible. Raising a large dusty cloud, we raced through the hummocks of a dirt road.
A few minutes later one of the villages appeared in front of us. Large wooden houses - the same are in the museums of wooden architecture. In the center of the village stands a beautiful wooden church. We drove by, because I wanted to get some more road before dark. I marked an end point for the route of an object on the map.
This object turned out to be an interesting chapel. This chapel was built in the 1st quarter of the 17th century. In 2007 the chapel was restored. The work was carried out by employees of a private company. As I understand it, the funds for restoration were collected from the public. It's great.
The restored monument is a typical Zonezhye chapel. Even at the beginning of the twentieth century, similar buildings could be seen in almost every Karelian village. But only a few survived.
I left the forest and immediately saw this chapel on the shore.
The mirror surface of the lake and the blue sky, the yellow sunset sun - all this created a feeling of complete peace and tranquility. From the road to the chapel I found a path with some difficulty. She's completely overgrown. I neatly walked along it, trying to step over the webs.
But here I am on the porch of the chapel. Literally a meter and a half is the water of the lake.
I thought that there would be a lock on the doors, but it turned out the door was not locked. I pushed it and went inside.
Eyes were not immediately accustomed to the darkness, first there were a canopy, behind them there was another door and I got into the refectory and then to the chapel.
There were little notes, there were candles. They have already formed a web. Sensation of some past life. I went out of the chapel into the light.
A wonderful place, beautiful and giving hope.
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