Some of you have seen the building, but not from this angle. Can you tell us where it is? Send your answer to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
The last mystery was located far from here. Jay Altman, of Columbia, S.C. told us it is “The Holy Trinity Church, is a Romanian Orthodox Church located on the northern bank of the Tamava Mare River in Sighisoara, Romania.” The photograph came from Sharon LeMaster of Decatur via Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. added: Today’s mystery photo is of The Holy Trinity Church, a Romanian Orthodox Church located along the northern bank of the Târnava Mare River in Sighişoara, Romania. The construction of the church started on May 29, 1934 and was completed 3 years later, holding its consecration ceremony on October 31, 1937. The ceremony was conducted by 40 priests and two ministers and was attended by more than 10,000 people. It is now the center of the town’s Roman Orthodox community.
“The reader will likely notice the green-on-white sign along the bottom of the mystery photo. It is actually painted along the wall that separates the church property from the bank of the Târnava Mare River. The full text reads (in Romanian)… ‘Viaţa este o condiţie necesară pentru a exista dar insuficientă pentru a fi. Fă-ţi datoria şi vei afla cine eşti!’which can be translated to…‘Life is a necessary condition to exist but insufficient to be. Do your duty and you will find out who you are!’
Also recognizing this photograph were Steve Ogilvie, Lawrenceville and George Graf, Palmyra, Va.
More Mystery Photos needed
GwinnettForum is mighty low on Mystery Photos. Scour your computer for good photographs that you have taken in the past. A good place to start is remembering your travels throughout the world, which should shower you with possibilities for photos. Even better would be for you to look around your neighborhood and spot some scenes that might make our readers work hard to determine where the photo was taken. Engage our photo-spotters in a search from one of your creations!
SHARE A MYSTERY PHOTO: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: elliott@brack.net and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
After leaving Cambodia, Donlevy now GOAL winner
Gwinnett Technical College student Pagna Donlevy of Snellville has been named Gwinnett Technical College’s Georgia Occupational Award (GOAL) of Leadership winner. She was among 90 students nominated for the honor at Gwinnett Tech this year among 10,000 students.
She left her village of Battambang, Cambodia at age 15, during the continued civil war. She arrived in the United States unable to speak English and with no money to go on and succeed and achieved her dream of going to college. She will graduate in December 2024 with an associate’s degree in residential construction management.
Before enrolling at Gwinnett Tech, Donlevy earned her Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College in 2013 and taught math at The Bement School in Deerfield, Mass. She moved to Georgia in 2016 as the director of Global Partnerships and International Outreach at Brandon Hall School.
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