Month: August 2010

The Orthodox parish of the church of the Prophet Elijah (Il’lja) in Vjeljamichy in Central Polesia celebrates its major annual church festival on Il’lja, August 2 in the modern (Gregorian) calendar. На Ільлю сьвяток у Велямічах, у праваслаўнага прыхода царквы Сьв. Пр. Ільлі. Feast of Il’lja, Vjeljamichy 2010/Ільля, Велямічы, 02.VIII.2010

The Bench IV/Лаўка (частка ІV) What can seem more prosaic than the plain wooden bench in front of almost every village house in Belarus?  And yet the bench is the pivot of social life, the gathering place of generations on a summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent observation post.  The bench is the witness… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 30, 2010: The Bench IV

First Apples, Hlybachany, August 13, 2010/Першыя яблыкі, Глыбачаны 13.VIII.2010

Al’shany 2010/Альшаны 2010

Congratulations to Pjatro and Valjantsina, married in the parish church of Azdamichy, August 1, 2010.  Health and happiness! Віншаваньні й найлепшыя пажаданьні Пятру й Валянціны, якія бралі шлюб 1 жніўня ў Аздамічах.  Сто гадоў шчасьця, здароўя й далейшых посьпехаў!

Chertsy 2010/Чэрцы 2010 год This rolling-hill landscape is typical of central-western Vitebsk Region in northern Belarus.

The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary” VII: Inheritance /Надзвычайнае ў “звычайным“ (частка VII): 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. Асабліва кранае тое, з якой стараннасьцю, з якім цярпеньнем беларускія бацькі і асабліва дзядулі і бабулі перадаюць малодшым свае традыцыі. August Evening,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 25, 2010: The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary” VII

Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2010/Вялікае Малешава 2010 год

Njehljubka 2010/Неглюбка 2010 г.

First anniversary of the coronation of the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sovereign of the Lakes, August 22, 2009, Braslau (lake region in northern Belarus).  The new birth of faith has been especially striking under the leadership of Bishop Uladzislau Blin in the Vitebsk Diocese of northern Belarus. A small part of the crowd… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 22, 2010