Born was the coral polyp, born was the coral, came forth. The Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation chant, indicates that the coral is one of the most basic and important life forms. Hawaiians believed that the coral polyp was the first organism created and all other life followed, based on this chant.
Arkhangelsk (Russian: Ð°ÑÑÐ°ÌÐ½Ð³ÐµÐ»ÑÑÐº; IPA: [ÉrËxanÉ¡Ê²ÉªlÊ²sk]), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, in the north of European Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea.
LadomirovÃ¡ â St Michael the Archangel. The Greek Catholic wooden church of St Michael the Archangel (ChrÃ¡m sv. Michala Archanjela) was included in 2008, along with seven wooden churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area, on the UNESCO Word Heritage List. The Greek Catholic wooden church of St Michael the Archangel was built in 1742 without a single metal nail. Independent belfry with column construction stands by the church. The area, part of which is a cemetery, has a log fence.