Month: December 2012

Photo of the Day for December 21, 2012

Memorial to Victims of Fascism and Communism, Church of the Holy Trinity, Vojstam 2012.  Помнік ахвярам фашізму й камунізму, касьцёл Найсьвяцейшай Тройцы, Войстам 2012 год. Christmastide is a time of Hope born and Hope celebrated. Yet as we prepare to welcome the Light and Truth of our Savior we pass a date when we may… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 21, 2012

Photo of the Day for December 20, 2012

Belarus in Faces (part LXX).  Беларусь у тварах (частка LXX). Lining up for the mobile-grocery van.  District authorities in Belarus send out mobile-grocery vans weekly or semi-weekly to hamlets and small villages without stores.  Shkavilauka 2009.  Ля аўталаўкі, Шкавілаўка 2009 год.

Photo of the Day for December 18, 2012

Belarus in Faces (part LXIX).  Беларусь у тварах (частка LXIX). This guide’s beautiful Belarusian language caught my ear as she held her student group in rapt attention on their tour through St. Sofia cathedral. St. Sofia, some of whose original mid-11th century foundations have been conserved, became a jewel of the Greek Catholic church during… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 18, 2012

Photo of the Day for December 17, 2012

Belarus in Faces (part LXVIII).  Беларусь у тварах (частка LXVIII). Waiting for Mass to begin, Slabodka 2011.  На чаканьні імшы, Слабодка 2011 год.

Photo of the Day for December 16, 2012

To commemorate Advent III.  З нагоды трэцяй нядзелі Адвэнту. Churches of Belarus (part XIX):  church of the Holy Trinity, Ishkal’dz’ 2012.  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка XIX):  касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Ішкальдзь 2012 год. Tucked away in the hard-to-reach village of Ishkal’dz’, Holy Trinity, dating from 1472, is the oldest unreconstructed church in Belarus.

Photo of the Day for December 15, 2012

Lunch at the Sawmill, Azdamichy 2012.  Абед у лесапільні, Аздамічы 2012 год. After hours of steady, hard work the men take a short but relished lunch break.