Photo of the Day for November 26, 2011

Honoring the great European writer Uladzimir Karatkevich (November 26, 1930 – July 25, 1984). Паклон вялікаму эўрапейскаму пісьменніку Уладзіміру Караткевічу (26 лістапада 1934 – 25 ліпеня 1984). Poet, prose writer, essayist and playwright, Uladzimir Karatkevich was a leading voice of the Belarusian national revival during the wilderness years of the mid-1950s to mid-1980s.  His tone… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 26, 2011

Photo of the Day for November 25, 2011: Apple-Blessing Feast IX / Яблычны Спас ІХ

Apple-Blessing Feast (part IX), Azdamichy 2011.  Яблычны Спас (частка IX), Аздамічы 2011 год. Waiting for children’s communion.  See also photos for November 24 and previous.   У чарзе на дзіцячае прычасьце.  Гл. таксама фотаздымкі 24 лістападу й папярэднія.

Photo of the Day for November 24, 2011: Apple-Blessing Feast VIII / Яблычны Спас VIII

Apple-Blessing Feast (part VIII), Azdamichy 2011.  Яблычны Спас (частка VIII), Аздамічы 2011 год. Waiting for children’s communion.   See also photos for November 18 and previous.  У чарзе на дзіцячае прычасьце.  Гл. таксама фотаздымкі 18 лістападу й папярэднія.

Photo of the Day for November 23, 2011

Oak Grove (part III), Panjamon’ 2009.  Дуброва (частка ІII), Панямонь 2009 год. Panjamon’ is a quiet village straddling the River Neman (Njoman – Нёман) in the middle of the Nalibaki Woodland (Налібоцкая пушча) in west-central Belarus.  The woodland retains traces of its former primaeval-forest nature, including scattered oak groves, despite the effects of  Soviet “amelioration”… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 23, 2011