Man makes house a Church

Interfax - A Zaporozhye resident makes a church of his own house. He spends his entire pension to equip it. "I promised my mother to build a church, but started doing it only after her death, it was five years ago, just before Easter. I asked Archbishop Vasily (of Zaporozhye and Melitopol - IF) to consecrate the house and he agreed," enthusiast named Vladimir was quoted as saying by Ukrainian edition of the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily on Wednesday. There are icons on the walls, almost completed altar in the corner and a confessional in the neighboring room. Among recent Vladimir's purchases are zinc-coated sheets for new cupolas and a bell. His collection also includes seven icons from the Laura of the Caves in Kiev. The pensioner believes that next year anyone will have a chance to pray here, to lit a candle and even to confess to a priest as the ruling bishop promised to send one to the church. Vladimir will move to a one-off house set nearby. source: http://www.orthodoxnews.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=WorldNews.one&content_id=16937&CFID=26139589&CFTOKEN=29285412