Blessing of apples, feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast), Azdamichy 2016. After the blessing of apples, parishioners pack up their apples and await the third circuit, when Father Aljaksandr offers the cross to be kissed.
The kissing of the cross is another moment which demonstrates parents’ and grandparents’ keen interest in passing on their faith and traditions to their offspring. No one lingers after kissing the cross; people hasten to the cemetery to place blessed fruit on the graves of their forebears.
Асьвячэньне яблыкаў, Праабражэньне (Яблычны Спас), Аздамічы 2016 г.
