Photos of the Day for September 17, 2015

Feast of Honey-Blessing/feast of the Maccabees (IV/VIII):  awaiting the blessing of flowers.  Davyd-Haradok 2015.  Мядовы Спас/Макаўе (IV/VIII):  у чаканьні асьвячэньня кветак.  Давыд-Гарадок 2015 г.

Parishioners await the blessing of flowers at the end of the liturgy with palpable excitement and anticipation.  During the year following the ceremony, families use petals from the blessed flowers to ward off disease and evil spirits.

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