Photo of the Day for August 22, 2013

Radaunitsa, May 14, 2013:  Azdamichy.  Радаўніца 2013 год: Аздамічы.

Radaunitsa is one of the principal rites to honor one’s forefathers in the Belarusian cycle of the year.  In most places Radaunitsa is celebrated on the Tuesday nine days after Orthodox Easter.  Many people attend a church or chapel service before having the parish priest bless their forefathers’ graves.  Here Father Aljaksandr thrice reads through and blesses the names of forefathers which parishioners have submitted.

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