Month: September 2013

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. Here the priest circles the sanctuary, alternately blessing parishioners, who turn to face him as he passes, and icons on the walls.  Хаджэньне.

Spring Feast of St. Nicholas, Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, Kazhan Haradok, May 22, 2013.  Мікола, царква Сьвятога Мікалая, Кажан Гарадок, 22 траўня 2013 года. The height of the central cupola and of the nave windows of St. Nicholas allows for a splendid interplay of light and shadow, adding tangibly to the sense of reverence… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 9, 2013

Churches of Belarus (part XLIII):  Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, Kazhan Haradok 2013.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка XLIII): царква Сьвятога Мікалая, Кажан Гарадок 2013 год. Revered in western and eastern Christianity, St. Nicholas has two feast days.  His winter-time feast day — December 6 in the western Christian calendar, December 19 in the Orthodox calendar —… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 8, 2013

Enduring Faces (part XVI).  Выветраныя твары (частка XVI). Old Barn, Marozavichy (Stoubtsy District) 2013.  Марозавічы (Стаўбцоўскі раён) 2013 год.

Cemetery, Kramjanitsa 2013.  На могілках, Крамяніца 2013 год.

Belarus in Faces (part LXXXVIII).  Беларусь у тварах (частка LXXXVIII). Leading Belarusian bard Viktar Shalkevich and leading Belarusian historian and writer Uladzimer Arlou, Mjensk 2013. Віктар Шалкевіч і Ўладзімер Арлоў, Менск 2013 год.

Belarus in Faces (part LXXXVII):  Feast of Holy Trinity, Church of the Holy Trinity, Charnauchytsy 2013.  Беларусь у тварах (частка LXXXVII):  Сьвята Тройцы, касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Чарнаўчыцы 2013 год. The Roman Catholic church of the Holy Trinity in Charnauchytsy is an architectural gem — dating from 1585-95, it is one of the oldest masonry churches… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 4, 2013

International Museum Night, Mjensk 2013.  Ноч музеяў 2013, Менск. The Janka Kupala Literary Museum hosted a concert by the newly-formed Belarusian Border Guards’ Band.  At dusk some of the musicians posed for a group photo; the daughter of one of the band’s trumpet players stands in front of him.

Museum Night 2013, Mjensk, May 18.  Ноч музеяў 2013, Менск, 18 траўня 2013 г. Occulted by a legacy of Soviet street names and today’s relentless construction in a variety of indeterminable styles, the Belarusian nature of Belarus’ capital can be difficult to sense. Not so on International Museum Night, when Belarusian museums join counterparts around… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 2, 2013

Churches of Belarus (part XLII):  Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God (mid 18th-century), Arepichy 2013.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка XLII): царква Покрыва Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (XVIII ст.), Арэпічы 2013 год. It is a localized custom in parts of the western Polesian area around Zhabinka to create a pantheon of memorials in churchyards. … Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 1, 2013