Month: October 2012

Onion Season, Tsjerablichy 2012.  Ураджай, Цераблічы 2012 год.

Apple Season, Tsjerablichy 2012.  Ураджай, Цераблічы 2012 год.

Procession, Feast of the Dormition, Rubjel’ 2012.  Хросны ход, сьвяток Усьпеньня, Рубель 2012 год. Towards the end of the feast-day liturgy the priests lead a procession three times around the church.  In the Orthodox tradition processions move counter-clockwise (in the Roman Catholic tradition clockwise).  During the third circuit the procession stops four times — symbolizing… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 29, 2012

Feast of the Dormition, Rubjel’ 2012.  Сьвяток Усьпеньня, Рубель 2012 год. Parishioners rest under the churchyard apple trees at the midpoint of this four-hour service.  This year the apple harvest has been especially bountiful.

Guiding hands.  Матчына рука. Children’s communion, feast of the Dormition, Rubjel’ 2012.  Прычасьце для дзяцей, сьвяток Усьпеньня, Рубель 2012 год.

Interior light (part XXII), feast of the Dormition, Rubjel’ 2012.  Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне (частка ХХІІ), сьвяток Усьпеньня, Рубель 2012 год.

Tending the candles, feast of the Dormition, Rubjel’ 2012.  Сьвяток Усьпеньня, Рубель 2012 год. Families will often let their children help tend the candle holders to light candles, remove the stubs of wax, or straighten candles which have wilted in the heat.  Participating in this way gives the children a sense of responsibility and a… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 25, 2012

Feast of the Dormition, Rubjel’ 2012.  Сьвяток Усьпеньня, Рубель 2012 год. 2 Corinthians 4: [18] While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. Другое Да Карынфянаў 4: 18… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 24, 2012

Feast of the Dormition, Rubjel’ 2012.  Сьвяток Усьпеньня, Рубель 2012 год.

Hands.  Рукі. Hands — their movement and their placement — reveal the essence of a culture. Feast of the Dormition, Rubjel’ 2012.  Сьвяток Усьпеньня, Рубель 2012 год.