Month: May 2013

Churches of Belarus (part XXXI):  Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Dvarets (Rahachouski District) 2012.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХХХI):  царква Сьвятога Духа, Дварэц (Рагачоўскі раён) 2012 год. The wooden church of Dvarets, built in the second half of the 19th century, originally stood in the village of Tsjelusha, about 20 kilometers to the west-southwest.  When… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 11, 2013

Morning Mist along the Mjensk-Lahojsk Highway, May 2001.  Уздоўж дарогі Менск-Лагойск, травень 2001 г.

Portraits of Polesia.  Партрэты Палесься. Kakorytsa 2007.  Какорыца 2007 год.  

Apple Orchard, Bikul’nichy by Lake Janava 2001.  Белая яблыня грому, Бікульнічы ля возера Янава 2001 год. Lake Janava is one of a chain of lakes south of Polatsak in the northern Belarusian region of Vitsjebsk. A few hundred yards from this orchard lie the remains of what has been called the Belarusian Stonehenge, a group… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 8, 2013

Poplar Trees in Early Spring, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2009.  Таполі ўвесну, Вялікае Малешава 2009 год. For several years the Belarusian authorities have aggressively and controversially cut down many roadside trees throughout the country.   Fortunately this stand of poplars has so far survived as a beacon along the Vjalikaje Maljeshava-Al’shany road in the Central Pripet area… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 7, 2013

Churches of Belarus (part XXX):  Orthodox Church of St. George (completed by 1724), Davyd-Haradok 2012.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХХХ):  царква Сьвятога Юр’я (дабудавана да 1724 г.), Давыд-Гарадок 2012 год. To celebrate the Orthodox feast of St. George, when villagers traditionally led their cows out to the fields for the first time in the year.  З… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 6, 2013

All-night Easter service.  Усяночная пасхальная служба. After the proclamation of Christ’s resurrection and procession around the church at midnight, Father Aljaksandr says a blessing before re-entering the church to conduct the all-night Easter liturgy.  One of his three sons, holding a candle, faces Father Aljaksandr. Church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy, Easter 2012.  Царква Сьвятой… Continue reading Orthodox Easter / Праваслаўны Вялікдзень

Blessing of Bread for Orthodox Easter, Holy Saturday, Azdamichy 2012.  Асьвячэньне кулічоў для цераблюкоў і цераблічанак у Вялікую Суботу, Аздамічы 2012 год. The parish of Azdamichy’s church of the Holy Trinity in the central Pripet area of Polesia still incorporates the neighboring village of Tsjerablichy, although Tsjerablichy has now started to build its own church.… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 4, 2013

Column in Honor of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s Constitution of May 3, 1791, Hlybokaje 2012.  Калона ў гонар Канстытуцыі 3 траўня 1791 г., Глыбокае 2012 год. Columns in honor of the enlightened Constitution of May 3, 1791, the first constitution in Europe and the second in the world after the U.S. Constitution, were put up in… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 3, 2013

Pals, Tsjerablichy 2011.  Сябры, Цераблічы 2011 год. The past two years this band of kids has greeted me with great gusto each time I arrive in Tsjerablichy.