The Chapel at Vorokhta ("Bopoxta")

Saint John the Baptist UCChapel is located at Vorokhta ("Bopoxta") in Vale Perkins, Quebec.  The buildings are styled after the churches in the Vorokhta region of the Carpathian Mountains.  Indeed, the area does remind one of the Vorokhta region of the Carpathian Mountains.  There are four structures:  a cross (khrest), the chapel (kaplytsya), the bell tower (dzvinytsya), and a gate (brama).  This chapel was built in 1985, on the site of the first chapel at Vorokhta, which had been built in 1954.

Cross, chapel, and bell tower at Bopoxta - vora.jpg

This view shows the cross on the left, the chapel in the center, and the bell tower on the right.  Before this chapel was built in 1985, the cross, which was raised in 1954, stood where the bell tower is now.  The cross was moved so the bell tower could be built.  In winter, during Christmas, the cross is lit up.

Gate, cross, chapel, and bell tower at Bopoxta - vorb.jpg

This view shows the gate (in the left foreground), the cross, the chapel, and the bell tower.  The bell is named "Andriy" (Andrew).  It has a wonderful sound because it is from a Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive.

These are "relaxed" and "cross eyed" 3D images, from early May 2003, of the chapel and grounds.
In the first set of images, in the distant right, you can see Mount Owlshead (or Owls Head or Owl's Head).

3D relaxed imaged
3d relaxed image
These two are "relaxed" 3D images.

3D cross eyed image
3D cross eyed image
These two are "cross eyed" 3D images.

Chapel June, 2007

A stitched panoramic view of the chapel and grounds in late June, 2007 - before the road work.

Mount Owl's Head June, 2006

A stitched panoramic view of Mount Owl's Head (or Owls Head or OwlsHead),
taken from the chapel grounds in late June, 2006.

Mount Owl's Head November, 2007

Another stitched panoramic view of Mount Owl's Head (or Owls Head or Owlshead),
taken near the chapel grounds in late November, 2007.

After the first cutting, July 3, 2008, Knowlton's Landing

A stitched panoramic view of the hayfield, after the first cutting, just to the south of Knowlton's Landing, July 3, 2008.
In the background is Sargent Bay, a part of Lake Memphremagog. Mount Orford is in the distance.

Mount Elephantus

A stitched panoramic view of Mount Elephantus (Elephantis), July 3, 2008.

Sugarloaf Pond

A stitched panoramic view of Sugarloaf Pond and Mount Elephantus (Elephantis),
which is to the south of the pond, July 3, 2008.

Near Highwater looking north

A stitched panoramic view showing the Sutton mountains, the North Mississquoi River valley,
Peewee (in South Bolton), Elephantus, Owl's Head, Hawk, Orford, and Bear,
as seen from near Highwater, looking the north, on July 2, 2008.


 

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