Moscow statues

Moscow has many statues. Parks everywhere usually contain a few,many of stalin & lenin and many of the proud military heritage. This particular one is a feature in a park not far from the Kremlin. The artist is trying to depict the beauty & innocence of children and the dangers that surround them.

vist to gallery

My outing today was to find one of the best art Gallerys in moscow and in particular to find a painting called 'The Trinity'
It was only one stop on the metro and short walk to the Gallery. Some amazing art work telling the russian story in pictures.
There was a section for the russian icon work and this itself tells it own story of the history of Russian and the various influences. so it was good to spend a couple of hours just wandering & wondering.
I have been studying this particular piece of art in preparation for some cadet lectures I will do next month. Check out Andrei Rublev - The Trinity on the web. This is an amazong piece of work that brings together our understanding of the trinity - and for the orthodox it is seen as one of their most iconinc and famous pieces of work from the 15th century.

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the bride and groom hving locked the padlock on the tree stand together and throw the key over their shoulder - not to see where it goes to signify they are locked together forever!

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Weddings Moscow style

It is now one year since we left Aus to come to Moscow. Hard to believe. Time has flown by.
This month has been a quiet month and work has been in a routine - hence the lack if blogs for the month.
Today i ventured out for a visit to an Art Gallery. Ron has been in St Petersburg for the week and I have have been 'home alone'
On the way to the gallery I came across some Russian Weddings. The custom we first saw in Lithuania but apparently a Russian custom is for the Groom to carry his bride over a bridge - together they place a padlock and then ceremoniously throw the key away. Today the weather was good and there were many weddings so i stayed a while and watched the celebrations.
It is an interesting custom. Weddings here are mostly a civil service and then for some a church blessing before the party begins. Big cars - mostly stretched limos are plentiful on any Saturday around Moscow.
As I observed at least 12 brides today i remembered that in 59 days our daughter will walk down the aisle and we will be home in Aus.
How quickly time has gone by. Our baby girl - soon to be Mrs Putt.
We continue to discover new and different cultural influences that make this place what it is.