January 12, 2010 9:00 pm
Horses I/Коні (частка І)
Horses still play a vital role for transport and field work in village and farm life in Belarus. Indeed, many Belarusans I know consider their horses to be members of the family.
Dunilavichy 2009, with the Church of the Holy Trinity (1773) in the background/Дунілавічы 2009 год
Orthodox St. George’s Day (May 6), Bjarezhtsy 2007/Юр’е, Бярэжцы 2007 год
Tal’ 2006/Таль 2006 год
January 11, 2010 9:00 pm
Ushachy District 2007/Ушаччына 2007 год
January 10, 2010 9:00 pm
Ruins of Catholic church of St. Nicholas, Knjazhytsy 2009/Касьцёл сьв. Мікалая, Княжыцы 2009 год
January 9, 2010 9:00 pm
Kastyki 2009/Кастыкі 2009 год
January 8, 2010 9:00 pm
Three generations, Raduha 2009/Тры пакаленьні, Радуга 2009 год
January 7, 2010 9:00 pm
Christmas Pageant, Turau 2007/Імпрэза на Сьвята Божага Нараджэньня, Тураў 2007 год.
January 6, 2010 9:00 pm
Christ is born! Сьвята Нараджэньня Хрыстова – са сьвятам!
Orthodox Christmas Midnight Service, Turau 2007/Сьвята Нараджэньня Хрыстова, Тураў 2007 год
January 5, 2010 9:00 pm
Orthodox Christmas Eve, Turau 2007. Куцьця, Тураў 2007 год.
Turau was one of the most important sites in the early development and dissemination of Orthodox Christianity in the Slavic world.
Kuts’tsja is a Roman Catholic and Orthodox ceremony and meal with pre-Christian roots, traditionally celebrated Christmas Eve in Belarus and Ukraine — and paralleled in the Christmas-Eve vigils in Lithuania and Poland. The ceremony includes placing straw under the tablecloth to commemorate Christ’s birth in the manger; the meal includes a sweet porridge, also called kuts’tsja).
Granny Aljona was 86 and her husband was 82 when I took these photos in January 2007 in Turau. In the third photo she was joking that if he got ill she’d throw him over for a younger man. Бабулі Алёне было 86, а яе мужу 82, калі я зрабіў гэтыя здымкі ў Тураве ў студзені 2007 года. На трэцім здымку яна жартам кажа мужу, што калі ён будзе хварэць, яна яго памяняе “на маладзейшага дзеда”.
January 4, 2010 9:00 pm
Moments of Illumination/Хвіліны асьвятленьня
Arrival of pilgrims from Vitsjebsk Diocese, Budslau 2009/Прыбыцьцё пілігрымаў з Віцебскай дыяцэзіі, Будслаў, 2009 год
Celebratory Mass on the Seventieth Anniversary of the Ordination of His Eminence Cardinal Swiontek, Pinsk, April 8, 2009/Урачыстая імша з нагоды 70-гадовага юбілея ардынацыі Яго Эмінэнцыі Кардынала Казіміра Сьвёнтэка, Пінск, 8-га красавіка 2009 года
January 3, 2010 9:00 pm
Panjamon’ 2009/Панямонь 2009 год
