Month: July 2013

Feast of the Resurrection, Al’homjel’ 2013.  Сьвята Уваскрашэньня, Альгомель 2013 год. Alhomjel’ is one of several villages in the eastern part of Polesia’s Stolin District which, to accommodate renewed parish growth after the fall of the Soviet regime, have built and use new churches, while preserving their historic wooden churches.  In Al’homjel’s case the historic… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 31, 2013

Clouds Reflected in Stream, Rubjazhevichy 2013.  Адлюстраваныя хмары, Рубяжэвічы 2013 год.

Dzjanis Ramanjuk — Photographer, Ethnographer, Graphic Designer, Artist, Publisher.  Дзяніс Раманюк — фатограф, этнограф, дызайнер, мастак, выдавец. It was my great privilege to accompany Dzjanis Ramanjuk on expeditions in 2001 and 2006 to photograph rare (and in two cases now extinct) Belarusian rites and traditions.  Dzjanis has continued to inspire me and many others with… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 29, 2013

Churches of Belarus (part XXXVIII):  Orthodox Church of the Mother of God of Kazan (1913), Davyd-Haradok 2013.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка XXXVIII):  царква Маці Божай Казанскай (1913), Давыд-Гарадок 2013 год. The pale color of the roof and paint make the church of the Mother of God of Kazan in Davyd-Haradok float as in a mirage.

Ringing the bells, Orthodox church of the Mother of God of Kazan, Davyd-Haradok 2013.  Гук царкоўных званоў, царква Маці Божай Казанскай, Давыд-Гарадок 2013 год. The principal bell-ringer controls the simultaneous ringing of the three small bells with his right hand.  With his left hand he hits the separate pads controlling the three medium-size bells.  The… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 27, 2013

Feast of St. George, Davyd-Haradok 2013.  Сьвята Юр’я, Давыд-Гарадок 2013 год. Listening to Father Ryhor’s sermon.  Пры пропаведзі айца Рыгора.

Children’s Communion, Feast of St. George (Jur’je – Юр’е), Davyd-Haradok 2013.  Дзіцячае прычасьце, сьвята Юр’я ў Давыд-Гарадку 2013 г.

Orthodox St. George’s Day (May 6).  Юр’е/Юр’я (6 траўня). In the heat of the dog days of summer, one thinks back to the splendid weather of early spring. Orthodox St. George’s Day (May 6, equivalent to April 23 in the old church calendar) coincides with the day Belarusians traditionally — from pre-Christian times — considered… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 24, 2013

Tsjerablichy 2013.  Цераблічы 2013 год. This scene of fishing waders hung up to dry reminded me of Nick Park’s splendid animated short of Wallace and Gromit in “The Wrong Trousers”.

Two Kids.   Дзве козачкі. Tsjerablichy 2013.  Цераблічы 2013 год.