Photos of the Day for July 21, 2017

Thatched-roof barn, Tsjerablichy 2017. It is ever rarer to see traditional Polesian thatched roofs in good shape. Чаротавы дах у добрым стане, Цераблічы 2017 г.              

Photos of the Day for July 20, 2017

At Granny Vul’ljana’s loom (II/VI), Tsjerablichy 2017.  Parts III-VI in the series will appear July 23-26. За кроснамі бабулі Вульляны (II/VI), Цераблічы 2017 г.  Серыя пра кросны працягваецца 23-26 ліпеня.   Granny Vul’ljana’s linen chest covered by a sample of her weaving and embroidery.  Бабуля Вульлянін сундук, пакрыты ўзорамі яе ткацтва й вышыўкі.    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 20, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 19, 2017

At Granny Vul’ljana’s loom (I/VI), Tsjerablichy 2011. In 2011 Granny Vul’ljana (1934-2015), perhaps sensing it would be her final opportunity to weave, and encouraged by her grand-daughter Vjerka, re-assembled the loom which her husband Ivan (1926-2013) had made from scratch and which she had used with mastery earlier in her life.  See photos of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 19, 2017

Photo of the Day for July 18, 2017

Double rainbow near Puzyry (Mjadzjel’ District) 2001. Двойная вясёлка ля в. Пузыры (Мядзельскі раён) 2001 г.  

Photos of the Day for July 17, 2017

Portraits of Polesia:  feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (VIII/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Партрэты Палесься:  сьвятога апостала… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 17, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 16, 2017

Portraits of Polesia:  feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (VII/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Партрэты Палесься:  сьвятога апостала… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 16, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 15, 2017

Portraits of Polesia:  feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (VI/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Партрэты Палесься:  сьвятога апостала… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 15, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 14, 2017

Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (V/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Сьвятога апостала Яна Багаслова, Вялікае Малешава 2017… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 14, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 13, 2017

Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (IV/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Сьвятога апостала Яна Багаслова, Вялікае Малешава 2017… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 13, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 12, 2017

Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (III/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Сьвятога апостала Яна Багаслова, Вялікае Малешава 2017… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 12, 2017