Month: December 2012

Sawmill (part I), Azdamichy 2012.  Лесапільня (частка І), Аздамічы 2012 год. Members of an extended family plus friends have come together at the local sawmill to cut beams, planks and struts for a new house.  The men maneuver the logs at an unhurried but steady and productive pace.

The oak tree is sacred to many Belarusians.  One sometimes comes across a solitary oak, noble in its solitude. Varonina 2011.  Вароніна 2011 год.

To commemorate Advent II.  З нагоды другай нядзелі Адвэнту. Churches of Belarus (part XVIII):  Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Dabraslauka 2012.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка XVIII):  царква Сьвятой Тройцы, Дабраслаўка 2012 год. The wooden church of the Holy Trinity in Dabraslauka (1758) is the narrowest church in Belarus, with a nave only 22.5 feet (6.9… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 9, 2012

In honor of the Immaculate Conception.  З нагоды Беззаганнага Зачацьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі.   Church of St. George, Kramjanitsa 2012.  Касьцёл Сьвятога Юр’я, Крамяніца 2012 год.  

Procession, feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Staryja Vasilishki 2012.  Працэсія, Пятра й Паўла, Старыя Васілішкі 2012 год.

Distribution of Communion, feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Staryja Vasilishki 2012.  Пятра й Паўла, Старыя Васілішкі 2012 год.

Awaiting Communion, feast of Saints Peter and Paul, church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Staryja Vasilishki 2012.  Пятра й Паўла, Старыя Васілішкі 2012 год. This scene recalled for me the moment I decided to work as a photographic chronicler of our faith.  In 2001 some friends in Mjensk suggested that we attend the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 5, 2012

Awaiting Communion, annual celebration of the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Staryja Vasilishki 2012.  Пятра й Паўла, Старыя Васілішкі 2012 год.  

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29), Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Staryja Vasilishki 2012.  Пятра й Паўла, касьцёл Пятра й Паўла, Старыя Васілішкі 2012 год. The celebration of the feast of Saints Peter and Paul attracts worshipers to the beloved church in Staryja Vasilishki from throughout the Harodnja (Grodno) region… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 3, 2012

To commemorate Advent I.  З нагоды першай нядзелі Адвэнту. Churches of Belarus (part XVII):  nave vault, church of the Holy Trinity (1585-95), Charnauchytsy 2012.  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка XVII):  Касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Чарнаўчыцы 2012 год. The church of the Holy Trinity in Charnauchytsy, near Bjares’tsje (Brest) in western Belarus, is one of the country’s finest examples… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 2, 2012