Chapel in the Garden, Bridport, has been chosen by Wareham sculptor Robert Marshall as the next location for his Ukrainian Door Sculpture. The door, bombed and scorched, was transported by courier from the town of Toretsk. Robert said “I wanted to tell the plight of all the people that are suffering in Ukraine.”
Local Bridport resident Olga Patiuta, who fled the conflict from Ukraine with her two children in 2022 said that “Doors hold profound symbolic and spiritual meaning these doors are not just remnants of a building that survived a bombing – they are sacred. They are more than architectural features; they are protectors, thresholds, and portals between the known and the unknown, the safe and the dangerous.”
Chair of Trustees for Chapel in The Garden David Gregory said “The Chapel in the Garden is honoured to host The Ukrainian Door, just as the town of Bridport has welcomed Ukrainians to make their home here with us”.
The Ukrainian Door also aligns with...