Manchurian Catholics
In the course of my research on church bells in Beijing, I have been learning a lot about the history of the Catholic churches here....
Holy Trinity Church, Shanghai
This is one of my favorite photos from this weekend in Shanghai. Holy Trinity Church, opened in 1869, was the cathedral church for the Anglican...
Memorial Cookies
As we were milling around the old Orthodox Church in Harbin on Sunday, an older Chinese woman came out of the church with a small...
A Russian Bell in Harbin
We spotted the bell in the tower from the street on Saturday as we walked around the church. It was locked up tight and looked...
A Catholic Bell in Tianjin
“Why are you so interested in bells?” asked Father Z, the priest at Xikai Catholic Church in Tianjin. “There’s nothing especially interesting about bells.” Until...