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Father Timofei

3/5/2016

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Fathet Timofei came from the Ukraine to Germany after the war. As legend goes, and perhaps it's true, after an arduous journey on foot he arrived in Munich and slept under a bridge on the Isar River. That night the Virgin Mary appeared to him and told him to build a church here to unite east and west. He was accompanied by Natasha, his helper.

Timofei started to build a church on bombed grounds and used what debris from war-ravaged Munich he could find for the construction. All went well, he built a church and a little house for himself and Natasha. They managed to get along without electricity and running water.

However in 1970 plans were being made for the Olympic Games. The stadiums for the events were to be built on the grounds where Father Timofei and Natasha were living. It was soon discovered that Father Timofei had no papers, no passport, no rights to the property, no building permit. No one had even asked him for a proof of identity since he left the Ukraine in 1945.

Quite unexpected from German bureaucracy, a miracle in itself, Father Timofei's house and church, in the meantime surrounded by apple trees, were allowed to remain untouched, while the Olympic Park was built next door. The little garden and church and house are still there today. Father Timofei passed away in 2004 at the age of 110, Munich's oldest citizen.
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    • 2020 >
      • Out and About in Bavaria >
        • Day 1: Gauting - Bad Tölz
        • Day 2: Bad Tölz - Bad Kohlgrub
        • Day 3: Bad Kohlgrub - Landsberg
        • Day 4: Landsberg - Gauting
    • 2019 >
      • The Season Has Begun
      • Pedaling and Shooting in Bavaria >
        • Day 1
        • Day 2
      • More Pedaling in Bavaria >
        • Day 1
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      • Cycling the Inn in Austria >
        • Day 1 Gautig to Tölz
        • Day 2 Tölz to Jenbach
        • Day 3 Jenbach to Innsbruck
        • Day 4 Innsbruck to Rietz
        • Day 5 Rietz to Landeck
        • Day 6 Landeck and Home
    • 2018 >
      • A Two Day Outing
      • A nine-day tour in Lower Bavaria >
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        • Day 3
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        • Day 5
        • Day 6
        • Day 7
        • Day 8
        • Day 9
      • The Romantic Road >
        • Day 1 - Füssen to Peiting
        • Day 2 - Peiting to Klosterlechfeld
        • Day 3 - Kosterlechfeld to Gersthofen
        • Day 4 - Gersthofen to Donauwörth
        • Day 5 - Train Ride Home
      • Continuing on the Romantic Road >
        • Day 1 - Donauwörth to Raustetten
        • Day 2 - Raustetten to Dorfgütingen
        • Day 3 - Dorfgütingen to Creglingen
        • Day 4 - Creglingen to Hochhausen
        • Day 5: Hochhausen to Uettingen
        • Day 6 - Uettingen to Würzburg
      • Alpe-Adria Tour 2018 >
        • 1. Alsace or the Alps?
        • 2. We're Off: Munich to Bruckmühl
        • 3. Mountains Aready? Bruckmühl to Übersee
        • 4. Almost Salzburg: Übersee to Freilassing
        • 5. On the Ciclovia Alpe-Adria: Freilassing to Golling
        • 6. A Short Ride: Golling to Werfen
        • 7. A Patch of Blue Sky: Werfen to Sankt Veit
        • 8. Holed up in Sankt Veit
        • 9. The Big Climb: Sankt Veit to Unterkolbnitz
        • 10. Inching Our Way: Kolbnitz to Spittal
        • 11. Flat and Dry: Spittal to Arnoldstein
        • 12. Buongiorno Bella Italia: Arnoldstein to Chiusaforte
        • 13. Best Bike Path Ever: Chiusaforte to Tavagnacco
        • 14. Closer to the Sea: Tavagnacco to Palmanova
        • 15. Last Day on the Road: Palmanova to Grado
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