Photo of the Day for February 28, 2012: Churches of Belarus XII / Касьцёлы Беларусі ХІІ

Churches of Belarus (part XII).  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка ХІІ). Calvinism flourished for only a generation in the 16th century among the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.  This exceptionally rare — and neglected — example of the Calvinist patrimony of Belarus from the former estate of the Zavisha family in Kukhtsichy dates from the mid-16th century.… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 28, 2012: Churches of Belarus XII / Касьцёлы Беларусі ХІІ

Photo of the Day for February 24, 2012: Happy Birthday to Ryhor Baradulin

A bow to Belarusian National Poet Ryhor Baradulin in honor of his 77th birthday.  З нагоды 77-а дня народзінаў Народнага паэта Рыгора Барадуліна.  Паклон Вам, спадару Рыгору! Njerush (Неруш), the title of the Baradulin poem presented below, is a Belarusian word without a single-word equivalent in other languages.  It means an unexpected discovery of something… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 24, 2012: Happy Birthday to Ryhor Baradulin

Photo of the Day for February 22, 2012: Churches of Belarus XI / Касьцёлы Беларусі ХІ

To mark Ash Wednesday.  З нагоды Папяльцовай серады. Churches of Belarus (part XI):  Roman Catholic church of the Immaculate Conception and St. Anthony of Padua, Pastavy 2012.  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка ХІ): касьцёл Беззаганнага Пачацьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі й Сьвятога Антонія Падуанскага, Паставы 2012 год.

Photos of the Day for February 21, 2012: Interior Light XII / Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне ХІІ

Interior Light (part XII).  Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне (частка ХІІ). Tanja making cakes, including one to send with the weekly liters of home-produced milk to her brother, who is studying at college two hours away in Pinsk.  Таня робіць торты, у тым ліку адзін, які дашле з тыднёвымі літарамі дамашнага малака брату ў інтэрнату ў Пінску.