This is located on the ceiling above the pews.

This is located above the altar.

The banners were put up by the present church. On they left and right, in front of the pews, they cover an icon of Jesus Christ, and St. Nicholas.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. – Revelation 1:8

Most are barely coherent “compliments” like this:

It is difficult to acquire knowledgeable folks on this topic, but you sound like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks

and this:

This truly answered my issue, thank you!

REALLY?? My photos answered your issue? Get the heck out.

or this:

Have you ever thought about creating an ebook or guest authoring on other websites?
I have a blog based on the same subjects you discuss and would love to have you
share some stories/information. I know my readers would appreciate your work.

“the same subjects you discuss”? No friggin’ way, I’d have you on my bloglist.

But THIS?!

The next time I read a weblog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as considerably as this 1. I mean, I know it was my option to read, but I basically thought youd have some thing fascinating to say. All I hear is really a bunch of whining about something that you simply could fix if you werent too busy searching for attention.

Now I want to beat someone’s ass. Don’t come on my blog, and give me this kind of bullspit. Don’t. Even.

I got something like this almost exactly a year ago. I emailed the owner of the site that was listed with the comment. Big mistake. He had nothing to do with it. Nothing, as an IP check on the hit showed it originated in Poland, not Los Angeles, where he’s located.

So, if anyone out there can educate my ignorant self, what does the spammer gain by sending out crap like this? I don’t get it.

Anyway, I’ll get some pics up in a day or so. I was going to do that now, but this just pissed me off. Thanks for being patient.

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 Odot is threatening to tear down this bridge and replace it in 2016. I hope people in Lorain that appreciate this bridge will join me and the other historic bridge advocates to try to stop this.

I sent the commenter an email, asking for his source of this information. He provided me with this link which listed the following write-up:

Lofton Henderson Memorial Bridge (Lorain County, Ohio)
The bridge: A cantilevered through truss, this 1939 bridge carries four lanes of traffic high above the Black River Ship Channel.
The significance: An iconic part of Lorain, Ohio, this bridge is National Register eligible and recognized as “Select” on the Ohio Historic Bridge List.
The situation: Despite having a relatively good sufficiency rating (58.7), officials want to get rid of this bridge. The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency website says that the bridge is programmed for replacement starting in 2016.
The plan: As a “Select” bridge that is still in reasonably good condition, the government needs to do a better job of exploring alternatives to replacement. If the current bridge is too narrow — the usual excuse for demolition — then why not consider building a parallel bridge?

Remembering the fiasco from 2008, I was concerned. The Bascule needed repaired, and it was closed for three months? was it? This was to be a replacement and that was going to hurt a lot of folks. I emailed Allen Biehl, the District Deputy Director of ODOT’s District 3 and asked him to confirm or deny the above information. He replied with this email:

Mark:

I was able to gather more detailed information regarding an upcoming project on the above noted bridge. As I expected, the bridge is not being replaced. The project scheduled and shown in NOACA’s Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) is to perform various maintenance repairs on the existing structure. The description on NOACA’s website is in error; and we are in the process of working with NOACA to have this description corrected on their webpage. I was somewhat suspicious, in that a total bridge replacement would have cost much more than the $3+ million dollars shown on NOACA’s document.

We have no plans to replace this structure in the foreseeable future; and this upcoming maintenance project will insure the bridges longevity. Attached, please find a preliminary Scope of Work that we anticipate on completing with the upcoming project. It is fairly self-explanatory; however, should you have any further questions regarding this project please feel free to contact me to discuss further.

Thank you for taking interest in the Department of Transportation’s infrastructure. We appreciate your reaching out to us for more information.

Respectfully,

Al

Here’s the info from the document he attached:

PID 92009 LOR 611-0344 Repair and Maintenance Recommendations

Seal deck and sidewalk concrete

So, no need for stress or hand-wringing or anything.

At least, we hope.