Latvija for the Pagans
Until the years between the two World Wars, Latvia had not been independent since subjugation by German nobility in the late 1100's. Latvian culture survived through obstinacy, pride, and sacrifice. Now, the West rushes in, Christian churches leading the new Crusades. The sour taste of eight hundred years of foreign incursion and domination–started by a religious Crusade–lingers on. The sign on this church in Vecriga reads, SAINT SAVIOUR'S CHURCH
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Painted over it, the Latvian words "Latvia for the Pagans"