Saturday, July 23, 2005
I saw a sign outside the village of Sir`il that there is an ancient church. So I stopped to take pictures. People led me to this site: but the sign on the church said it was founded in 1893. So I told people that this was not ancient at all, and that we have churches older than that in the US. They they said: "oh, he is looking for that old church." I confirmed. They said that it was closed to visitors, and that I can't take pictures. I did what I do on those occasions, I just pressed and pressed. I was then given access to the old church (which is buried inside a cave under the newer church) but there was no electricity. It was total darkness, but my flash worked well, but my guide got into a few of the pictures as I could not see once inside. He then asked me to take pictures of the newer church, and I said that I am not interested in that one. He did not understand.