Month: September 2013

After First Holy Communion, Church of the Holy Trinity, Charnauchytsy 2013. Пасьля Першай сьвятой Камуніі, касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Чарнаўчыцы 2013 год.

Feast of the Holy Trinity and First Communion, Church of the Holy Trinity, Charnauchytsy, May 26, 2013:  another tribute to the wonderful parish of Charnauchytsy. Сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Чарнаўчыцы, 26 траўня 2013 года:  яшчэ паклон і падзяку гэтай цудоўнай парафіі.

Feast of the Holy Trinity and First Communion, Church of the Holy Trinity, Charnauchytsy, May 26, 2013. Сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы й Першая сьвятпя Камуніа, касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Чарнаўчыцы, 26 траўня 2013 года. One immediately feels the vitality of Charnauchytsy’s parish of the Holy Trinity, not only owing to the soaring nave of this late 16th-century… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 18, 2013

For centuries a German-Russian vise has remorselessly tried to squeeze the life from the history of the nations and lands in between.   It is thus an existential matter for those nations to resurrect their own histories and the common history of their lands. Under the 1921 Polish-Soviet Treaty of Riga, the Soviets held on to… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 17, 2013

Belarus in Faces (part XC).  Беларусь у тварах (частка XC). Parishioners from Al’homjel’ and Tsjerablichy after the celebratory service of the Resurrection, Al’homjel’ 2013.  Прыхаджане з Альгомля й Церабліч пасьля сьвята Ўваскрашэньня, Альгомель 2013 год.

Churches of Belarus (part XLIV).  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка XLIV). Roman Catholic church of the Annunciation with statue of St. Francis in the foreground.  This church (1906-1912) is a splendid example of neo-Gothic architecture in Belarus. Касьцёл Зьвеставаньня Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі з помнікам Сьвятому Францішку, Міжэрычы 2013 год.

Getting rid of that back itch.  Хочацца пазбавіцца ад гэтага свербу. Machul’ 2013.  Мачуль 2013 год.

Belarus in Faces (part LXXXIX).  Беларусь у тварах (частка LXXXIX). Kazhan Haradok 2013.  Кажан Гарадок 2013 год.

Spring feast of St. Nicholas, Orthodox church of St. Nicholas, Kazhan-Haradok, May 22, 2013.  Сьвяток Міколы, царква Сьвятога Мікалая, Кажан-Гарадок, 22 траўня 2013 года. In re-entering the church at the end of the procession, parishioners pass underneath the icon of St. Nicholas in an unselfconscious expression of Christian faith with profound pre-Christian attributes.

Spring feast of St. Nicholas, Orthodox church of St. Nicholas, Kazhan-Haradok, May 22, 2013.  Сьвяток Міколы, царква Сьвятога Мікалая, Кажан-Гарадок, 22 траўня 2013 года.