(Church of the Transfiguration of Kizhi Island)
Hail Virgin Mary!
Saint Joseph hail!
This church was built with nary a nail!
Without even one nail,
but with forests of wood.
We built it that way because WE COULD!
This church is so-o-o-o-o BIG!
This church is so-o-o-o-o
H
I
G
H!
As a matter of fact,
it touches the sky.
One day I climbed to the top and I saw
The face of the Lord,
and it struck me with awe...
This church is so-o-o-o-o GORGEOUS!
This church is so-o-o-o-o COOL!
As I look at its
A
H P
S E
I am starting to drool.
Oh, God, it’s so-o-o NIFTY!
So-o-o GROOVY!
So-o-o HIP!
It reminds me of some very funky space-ship,
Or some magical bird that is ready to fly…
It is so amazing, that I want to cry.
It has so-o-o-o-o much GRACE in its onion shaped domes!
There’s NO nicer church!
Not even in Rome!