----- Original Message ----- From: "Ella Melik" <ella_macleod_melik@yahoo.com> To: <GermanRussian-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: [GERmanRUSsian] Latest developments in St Paul Odessa photo saga | | Friends, | ...| | This indicates to me that the photo was taken to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Lutheran community in Odessa. I haven't yet verified the exact year: does anyone happen to know? The Odessa St. Pauli church was consecrated 09.Oct.1827. The interior was finished in 1832. In 1895 the dilapidated church was dismounted and replaced by a new church consecrated in 1897. Walter Kolb | | | | |