File:Supreme Irony^ - geograph.org.uk - 1418933.jpg
Summary
St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church - Military Road, Colchester, Essex. Supreme Irony! The former Camp (Garrison) Church in Colchester was built as a hospital for soldiers returning from the Crimean War. Rejected by Florence Nightingale it was used for a hundred and fifty years as a place of worship. When <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunger_and_Thirst_After_Righteousness%5E_-_geograph.org.uk_-_37814.jpg" title="File:Hunger and Thirst After Righteousness^ - geograph.org.uk - 37814.jpg">37814</a> was taken its future use was uncertain, as the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyderbarad_Barracks_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1418952.jpg" title="File:Hyderbarad Barracks - geograph.org.uk - 1418952.jpg">1418952</a> were due to move to to Merville Barracks <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_a_Barracks_-_geograph.org.uk_-_37809.jpg" title="File:Building a Barracks - geograph.org.uk - 37809.jpg">37809</a> . In a twist of fate the building built for a war against the Russians was saved by the Russian Orthodox Church, since 2007 it has been St John's Orthodox Church <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxeCl-uoVjc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxeCl-uoVjc</a>
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| current | 16:31, 14 January 2017 | | 640 × 428 (71 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | St. John the Wonderworker Orthodox Church - Military Road, Colchester, Essex. Supreme Irony! The former Camp (Garrison) Church in Colchester was built as a hospital for soldiers returning from the Crimean War. Rejected by Florence Nightingale it was used for a hundred and fifty years as a place of worship. When <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunger_and_Thirst_After_Righteousness%5E_-_geograph.org.uk_-_37814.jpg" title="File:Hunger and Thirst After Righteousness^ - geograph.org.uk - 37814.jpg">37814</a> was taken its future use was uncertain, as the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyderbarad_Barracks_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1418952.jpg" title="File:Hyderbarad Barracks - geograph.org.uk - 1418952.jpg">1418952</a> were due to move to to Merville Barracks <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_a_Barracks_-_geograph.org.uk_-_37809.jpg" title="File:Building a Barracks - geograph.org.uk - 37809.jpg">37809</a> . In a twist of fate the building built for a war against the Russians was saved by the Russian Orthodox Church, since 2007 it has been St John's Orthodox Church <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxeCl-uoVjc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxeCl-uoVjc</a> |
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