A Little Beauty for Tonight: Pentecost Sunset

Only a few words with this one. Tonight, after a (stirring!) concert of German and Austrian choral music, I stepped out of the cathedral to see a breathtaking sky-on-fire.

How perfect for Pentecost.

Here are a few of the photos I took while walking home through downtown Novosibirsk:

Pentecost Sunset: Catholic Cathedral Novosibirsk

This is the view that greeted me when I stepped out of the cathedral. 🙂

And then I started walking …

Pentecost Sunset: Ulitsa Maksima Gorkogo Novosibirsk

… and I couldn’t resist another photo.

I put away my camera after that, but then lo and behold, the ballet and opera theater was all lit up!

Pentecost Sunset: Opera and Ballet Theater Novosibirsk

Finally the light started to fade as I walked along Lenin Square (Площадь Ленина), but the effect was still magical.

Pentecost Sunset: Lenin Square in Novosibirsk

And that was my night!

By the way, as a last little Easter gift for you all, here’s a recording of Schubert’s “Psalm 23,” one of the songs the chorus sang tonight. (My personal favorite for the evening.)

God bless!

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