Kalapana's Painted Church (Star of the Sea) by sharky_
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After our lava walk, we visited the Painted Church (Star of the Sea) in Kalapana. The church was moved to a safe location just before lava obliterated Kalapana and its famous black sand Kaimu Beach (gone forever). Aloha and thank you for viewing

Comments (23)
Oh wow, now that is such a pretty church, what a shot.
Awesome shot buddy! Love the colors and glad to hear they saved it from the devastating lava... pitty about the beach though :( Excellent work from you once again.... Thanks for sharing :) Hope you are keeping well.
Now thats a church I would be interisted in going inside, great capture Stuart
Wow! What a beautiful church! So colorful and charming!!! Im glad they moved it before it being ruined by that lava. A beach with black sand? BLACK??? How cool must that have been. Such a shame its not there anymore. #:o(
The worshipper's house! Lovely shot !
Oh what a wonderful church!!! so lovely colors!!! Great capture! Bravo Errol!
Lovely capture, it feels friendly and welcoming. :) Deb
Beautiful shot! Love the mural in the back, giving the illusion of depth...
Very beautiful. :)
Startling colors and beauty. Very nice photo and history.
Great shot. I haven't been to see it in years. Beautiful as ever. Aloha
Oh yes, very beautiful picture and excellent color!!! Good day ;)
I have been to this little church and can attest to its lovelyness captured here. Wonderful work - Aloha!
such a wonderful picture...well done...I am back again...so I must comment a lot!!!
The painted back wall adds so much depth. Great post. ;-)
And now it is the rest for your body and your mind..pretty church great shot.
It is a beautiful place and I am so glad it could gave been saved.
To bad about the beach! Darn lava anyway! I love the colors in this church, though, really is a cool pic! 8-)
Awesome ! Gorgeous paintings and colour, like a lot !
surprising it was made of wood. maybe the builder had the idea that it would be moved. very colorful and an excellent capture
Dear Errol, This is really beautiful and I'm so glad they were able to preserve it. I'm sure that getting it moved was a MAJOR task, but oen that was done as a labor of love!! It's sad about the beach, but "what the lava giveth, it also takes away." Living in a young land like that makes for a very dynamic time. You see geological processes in action on a daily basis!! Excellent work!!! Love, Meredith
Excellent...!!!!
Absolutely beautiful Church. My Father was a seafarer all of his life. We used to go to Stella Maris/star of the sea, meeting house. He would have adored to see this Church. Thank you for showing it to me. Aloha. Diane.