You probably believe this mysterious place doesn’t exist!
Well discover this fairy tiny orthodox chapel built on a tiny island secluded on Lake Vuoksa, on the boarder between Rusia and Finland.

Pictured is actually an real little Orthodox chapel built on a tiny island on Lake Vuoksa.

That’s in Priozersk Raion in Leningrad Oblast on the Kareliyan Isthmus. It’s on the Vuoksa River, which flows eventually into Lake Ladoga from its source in Lake Saimaa in Finland.

No sir, this AIN’T PhotoShop… But the real deal. An architect built this little gem in the early 2000s…

His name was Andrei, so, he dedicated his small church to Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called (Андрей Первозванный: Andrei Pervozvanny).

The lake is 108 square kilometres (42 square miles) in area, with 18 square kilometres (7 square miles) being taken up by Olesny Island (it’s roughly 5 kilometres (3 miles) long by 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) wide).

The small bit of land on which sits our teeny-tiny church is part of one of the smaller islets, which takes up 15 square kilometres (6 square miles) of area.

So, the lake has 75 square kilometres (29 square miles) of water and 33 square kilometres (13 square miles) of islands within it.

What season do you prefer?

Well, I am wondering if this church is visited sometimes. I would go there for a magic midnight mass!
This church is opened sometimes. I was there. It is very beautiful.