Krasnopolie activists do not allow an erotic photo shoot in an abandoned church

In the village of Krasnopolie, Berezanka district, activists along with the village authorities kicked out the "guests" from Nikolaev, who decided to have an erotic photo session at the local inactive St. George's Church, writes Liudmila Maksimenko, a representative of the organization "ECO Berezan" on Facebook.

"Thanks to the intervention of the village head and activists, the blasphemers were forced to leave," the activist reported.

The German church of St. George was built in Krasnopolie during the residence of German colonists in the south of Ukraine. The German colony Blumenfeld was founded in 1862.

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