Exploring an Eastern Orthodox (Ukrainian) Church In The Middle of a Forest
You've heard other explorers say "abandoned in the middle of nowhere", "abandoned in the middle of the woods" and "abandoned in the middle of the forest" right?
Guys, watch the drone footage at the opening of this video and you will see I am not joking when I say that this is a church found in the middle of the forest.
This is the farthest and most remote location that I have ever explored in Canada. My car bottomed out several times on the way in and any times I thought that my car wasn't going to make it.
I received a message from someone associated with this location
"It's not abandoned. It is in good condition because it's maintained by the people who still go there.
The property owner visits regularly. Not sure when this was recorded but I dusted and swept up last week when I visited 🙂
Not much to be done about the mice, unfortunately.
To settle the discussion in the comments - it's Eastern Orthodox (Ukrainian).
It was built in the early 2000s (my dad helped build it) and it is intended for religious retreats.
Although it's on private property, random people seem to visit often.
Fortunately there have been no real issues with vandalism."
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okay what is up guys so as you just saw
in the drone footage
guys i'm at an abandoned church i mean
maybe not abandoned but i don't know
what the deal is
this is you know people say abandoned
place in the middle of the woods
guys this is literally in the middle of
nowhere you saw from the drone footage
there is nothing but
forest surrounding us and long roads
i almost broke my car getting up here i
ran over so many rocks it was i almost
got
stuck in sand and mud so surprised i
made it so now guys here i am
surrounded by black flies and in the
middle of nowhere there's this church
behind us
i believe it's like a slovakian church i
don't know for sure i'll have to figure
that out i'm sure you guys will see the
symbols inside
and the photos and you'll help me figure
out what's going on here but anyways
guys
let's get right to it so there it is
guys as you can see it's a beautiful
beautiful structure in the middle of
nowhere
like nowhere guys
and it's in such good condition inside
like it smells new
it's there's no dust there's
mouse crap all over the place in one in
one room
but guys can you believe this look at
this this is just
sitting here in the middle of a forest
and i'm not even lying with you like i'm
not even trying to clickbait you
or goof off or like fool you this place
is literally in the middle of
nowhere you can't easily get to it
there's nowhere to park
my kia barely made it
like you need a good solid truck to get
up here
confidently there's really nowhere for
people to sit
like this will be a short video because
it's just like
one small building with a couple of
rooms like we go back here
and there's a little library back here
show you what's going on you can see the
language
maybe some of you recognize these these
books
and what they are and what they say
because i sure don't
and it's got very specific type of art
and then there's a little staircase here
that just winds up into
one little room
with a carpet that's it
you got a picture of her tell me who she
is guys i'm not religious
so i i'm sorry for have been so naive
uh but i don't do religion i don't do
church so but yeah
so you've got you've got yourself a
staircase a curtain
a picture of her and a window right
there
and then
make our way through
and then we head back here
and you've got all these candles but
then you're just surrounded by
mouse poop everywhere on this table
they must be using the uh napkin to make
their little nest somewhere
why do they poop so much it's in here
interesting so yeah guys
do your thing tell me what's going on
here what kind of church am i in
because i'm not 100 sure
and then we go back here and there's a
side door
what's up guys and you got a little
station back here with
uh some stuff
and then you've got a little room back
here
with a single bet
and that's about it picture of the last
supper on the wall
so why don't i stop talking and i'll
just slowly walk around now and you guys
can
take it in without me talking i'll slow
down and you guys can look around
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okay guys so i guess we're going to wrap
it up not much of more i can do in here
it's just a very small room
really small place so i hope you guys
have liked this one please
in the comments section down below tell
me what's going on here guys what kind
of church is here
tell me what you know uh and educate me
guys because i have no idea
i'm very interested though it was so
hard to get here
i've been wanting to see this one for a
long long time so guys
as we already discussed drop me some
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here hope you guys have liked this video
that's it gotta go i got more things to
do tonight
astrophotography see you next time guys
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peace
you
