Month: March 2014

Belarus in Faces (part CXXVI):  after the blessing of water for Vadokhryshcha (Orthodox feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany), Tsjerablichy 2014.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CXXVI):  пасьля асьвячэньня вады на Вадохрышча, Цераблічы 2014 год.

Belarus in Faces (part CXXV):  Azdamichy 2014.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CXXV):  Аздамічы 2014 год. The sanctity of an Orthodox service is enhanced by rhythms and gestures that believers have repeated for millennia, rhythms that express the moment (kronos) and yet hint at Appropriate Time (kairos).

In celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko, March 9, 1814. У гонар двухсоты дзень нараджэньня Тараса Шаўчэнкі, 9 сакавіка 1814 г. На честь двохсотий день народження Тараса Шевченка.  Слава Україні!  Підтримаємо вас.  Скільки боретеся за свою свободу, стільки боретеся за нашу свободу. І МЕРТВИМ, І ЖИВИМ, І… Continue reading Слава Україні!

Patrimony of Lida District (Part II).  Спадчына Лідчыны (частка ІІ).   Churches of Belarus (part LXXIV):  Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God (1865-66), Myto 2014. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка LXXIV):  царква Пакрова Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (1865-66 гг.), Мыто 2014 год.   These photos are from a day-long survey of the patrimony of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 9, 2014

Patrimony of Lida District (part II).  Спадчына Лідчыны (частка ІІ). Old barn, Myto 2014.  Стары хлеў, Мыто 2014 год. This photo is from a day-long survey of the patrimony of western Lida District and of Iuje District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (БДТАПГК). Фота… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 8, 2014

Patrimony of Lida District (part II).  Спадчына Лідчыны (частка ІІ).   Churches of Belarus (part LXXIII):  Roman-Catholic church of the Archangel Michael (1900-1905), built in a neo-Romanesque style, and 19th-century (?) bell-tower from era of former wooden church, Bjelahruda 2014. Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка LXXIII): касьцёл Сьв. Міхала Арханёла (1900-1905 гг; неараманскі стыль) і драўляная званіца… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 7, 2014

Patrimony of Lida District (part II).  Спадчына Лідчыны (частка ІІ). View from Bjelahruda across the River Dzitva toward Tarnova, January 2014.  Выгляд з Белагруды на Тарнова праз р. Дзітва, студзень 2014 г. This photo is from a day-long survey of the patrimony of western Lida District and of Iuje District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 6, 2014

In memory of the millions of people whom Stalin and the regime he guided murdered, the nations which Stalin and his followers tried systematically to destroy, the millions of people and families whose lives Stalin and his followers shattered. У памяць ахвяраў Сталіна й сталіністаў. Fjadory 2013.  Фядоры 2013 год.

Patrimony of Lida District (part II).  Спадчына Лідчыны (частка ІІ). View from Tarnova toward the Roman Catholic church of the Archangel Michael in Bjelahruda 2014.  Выгляд з Тарнова на касьцёл Сьв. Міхала Арханёла ў Белагрудзе 2014 год. This photo is from a day-long survey of the patrimony of western Lida District and of Iuje District… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 4, 2014

Patrimony of Lida District (part II).  Спадчына Лідчыны (частка ІІ). Former estate of the Hrabouski family, Tarnova 2014.  Былая сядзіба Грабоўскіх, Тарнова 2014 год. These photos are from a day-long survey of the patrimony of western Lida District and of Iuje District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historical… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 3, 2014