Month: June 2011

Portraits of Belarus XXV.  Партрэты Беларусі (частка ХХV). Beekeeper Mikola, Zadzvjeja 2011.  Спадар Мікола, пчаляр у Задзвеі 2011 год.

Landscapes of Belarus XVII.  Краявіды Беларусі (частка XVII). Al’homjel’ 2011.  This view shows a plot freshly-planted with potatoes, a crop with a central place in Belarusian cuisine.  One also sees several of the area’s numerous cucumber hothouses whose produce, sold to the Russian market, has brought prosperity and attendant significant population growth to Al’homjel’ and… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 19, 2011: Landscapes of Belarus XVII / Краявіды Беларусі XVII

Tsjerablichy 2011.  Цераблічы 2011 год.

Beyond time, Tsjerablichy 2011.  Па-за часам, Цераблічы 2011 год.

Hands VI.  Рукі (частка VI). Hard-working but ever graceful.  Alert even in repose, when they rest — as always — in their proper place.  I think Belarusan hands reveal most eloquently Belarusans’ distinctive and instinctive traditions and attachment to place. Працавітыя, але абавязкова зграбныя, дбайныя нават у спакоі, і, як заўсёды, складзеныя належным чынам. На… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 16, 2011: Hands VI / Рукі VI

Feast of the Holy Trinity, Church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy, Part III.  Сьвяток царквы Сьв. Тройцы ў Аздамічах (частка ІII). The parish of the church of the Holy Trinity in the Central Polesian village of Azdamichy celebrates its name-day feast on the Tuesday after Orthodox Trinity Sunday.  In 2011 the feast falls on… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 15, 2011: Feast of the Holy Trinity III / Сьвяток Сьв. Тройцы III

Feast of the Holy Trinity, Church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy, Part II.  Сьвяток царквы Сьв. Тройцы ў Аздамічах (частка ІI). The parish of the church of the Holy Trinity in the Central Polesian village of Azdamichy celebrates its name-day feast on the Tuesday after Orthodox Trinity Sunday.  In 2011 the feast falls on… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 14, 2011: Feast of the Holy Trinity II / Сьвяток Сьв. Тройцы ІІ

Feast of the Holy Trinity, Church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy, Part I.  Сьвяток царквы Сьв. Тройцы ў Аздамічах (частка І). The parish of the church of the Holy Trinity in the Central Polesian village of Azdamichy celebrates its name-day feast on the Tuesday after Orthodox Trinity Sunday.  In 2011 the feast falls on… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 13, 2011: Feast of the Holy Trinity I / Сьвяток Сьв. Тройцы І

In honor of Trinity Sunday.  З нагоды Дня Сьвятой Тройцы (Сёмуха). The Orthodox church celebrates the Trinity on Pentecost (thus the traditional Belarusian name for the feast is Сёмуха — Sjomukha, or “the seventh Sunday” after Easter).  The parish of The Holy Trinity in Azdamichy in Central Polesia celebrates its name-day on the third day… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 12, 2011: Orthodox Trinity Sunday / Дзень Сьвятой Тройца

Preparing for Trinity Sunday, Rubjel’ 2010.  Падрыхтоўка на Тройцу, Рубель 2010 год. The Orthodox parish in Rubjel’ in Polesia’s Central Prypjats’ area is exceptionally vibrant: Rubjel’ was one of several villages in the Stolin District which successfully resisted grinding efforts by the Soviet regime to persecute the faithful and close the local church.  Rubjel’ is… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 11, 2011