Month: January 2010

Photo of the Day for January 13, 2010

Horses I/Коні (частка І) Horses still play a vital role for transport and field work in village and farm life in Belarus.  Indeed, many Belarusans I know consider their horses to be members of the family. Dunilavichy 2009, with the Church of the Holy Trinity (1773) in the background/Дунілавічы 2009 год Orthodox St. George’s Day… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 13, 2010

Photos of the Day for Orthodox Christmas 2010

Christ is born!  Сьвята Нараджэньня Хрыстова – са сьвятам! Orthodox Christmas Midnight Service, Turau 2007/Сьвята Нараджэньня Хрыстова, Тураў 2007 год

Photos of the Day for January 6, 2010

Orthodox Christmas Eve, Turau 2007.  Куцьця, Тураў 2007 год. Turau was one of the most important sites in the early development and dissemination of Orthodox Christianity in the Slavic world. Kuts’tsja is a Roman Catholic and Orthodox ceremony and meal with pre-Christian roots, traditionally celebrated Christmas Eve in Belarus and Ukraine — and paralleled in… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 6, 2010

Photos of the Day for January 5, 2010

Moments of Illumination/Хвіліны асьвятленьня Arrival of pilgrims from Vitsjebsk Diocese, Budslau 2009/Прыбыцьцё пілігрымаў з Віцебскай дыяцэзіі, Будслаў, 2009 год Celebratory Mass on the Seventieth Anniversary of the Ordination of His Eminence Cardinal Swiontek, Pinsk, April 8, 2009/Урачыстая імша з нагоды 70-гадовага юбілея ардынацыі Яго Эмінэнцыі Кардынала Казіміра Сьвёнтэка, Пінск, 8-га красавіка 2009 года