Month: July 2010

Windows III/Вокны (частка ІІІ) Curtained or not, house windows offer a way into the intimacies of a culture’s soul. Zakharychy 2010/Захарычы 2010 год

The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary” V: Inheritance / Надзвычайнае ў “звычайным“ (частка V): Дарога расьце ўсё жыцьцё It is exceptionally moving to see how carefully and steadily Belarusan parents and especially grandparents pass on traditions to their children and grandchildren — in the household, in the field, in church. Асабліва кранае тое, з якой стараннасьцю, з… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 30, 2010: The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary” V

Until the Soviet authorities “ameliorated” so much of the Pripet Marshes out of existence and radically distorted the region’s ecology and environment, Polesians traveled much more by boat.  One now rarely has the privilege to see a Polesian poling quietly through the marshes on a locally-made boat (chovjen’ or dub, the latter word — meaning… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 29, 2010

Feast of Peter and Paul II, Iuje 2010/Сьв. Пятра й Паўла II, Іўе 2010 Although the feast of  Peter and Paul, June 29, fell on a workday in 2010, both the mass at 10 a.m. and celebratory mass at 1:00 p.m. at Iuje’s parish church of the Apostles Peter and Paul were standing-room only.  A… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 28, 2010

Feast of Peter and Paul, part I, Iuje 2010/Сьв. Пятра й Паўла (частка I), Іўе 2010 I have long admired the strength of faith among the people of Iuje’s parish of the Apostles Peter and Paul.  A bow to Father Jan and the whole parish. Мяне здаўна ўражвае сіла веры парафіянаў Іўеўскага касьцёла Апосталаў Пятра… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 27, 2010

The Heart of Polesia/Сэрца Прыпяці Granny Katsjeryna, born 1921; Tsjerablichy, July 2010/Спадарыня Кацерына (1921); Цераблічы, Ліпень 2010 год

Evangelical Protestant Baptism IV, Al’shany 2010/Эвангельскае хрышчэньне IV, Альшаны 2010 год Evangelical Protestantism has had a quiet, reverent, enduring presence in the Central Pripet region for a century.  On July 4 a great multitude from the Al’shany area of Polesia gathered to witness the total-immersion baptism of more than 90 people. It is striking to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 25, 2010

Evangelical Baptism III, Al’shany 2010/Эвангельскае хрышчэньне II, Альшаны 2010 год Evangelical Protestantism has had a quiet, reverent, enduring presence in the Central Pripet region for a century.  On July 4 a great multitude from the Al’shany area of Polesia gathered to celebrate the total-immersion baptism of more than 90 people. This baptism ceremony occurs semi-annually. … Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 24, 2010

Near Vostrava 2010/ля Востравы 2010 год

Evangelical Protestant Baptism II, Al’shany 2010/Эвангельскае хрышчэньне II, Альшаны 2010 год Evangelical Protestantism has had a quiet, reverent, enduring presence in the Central Pripet region for a century.  On July 4 a great multitude from the Al’shany area of Polesia gathered to celebrate the total-immersion baptism of more than 90 people. This baptism ceremony occurs… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 22, 2010