Month: October 2013

Evangelical Baptism (part III), Al’shany 2013.  Эвангеліцкае хрышчэньне (частка ІII), Альшаны 2013 год.

Evangelical Baptism (part II), Al’shany 2013.  Эвангеліцкае хрышчэньне (частка ІI), Альшаны 2013 год. After their full-immersion baptism, women are wrapped in white cloth as a symbol of purification and to keep them warm until they can change for their formal presentation to the congregation.

Evangelical Baptism (part I), Al’shany 2013.  Эвангеліцкае хрышчэньне (частка І), Альшаны 2013 год. See also photos for July 1-2, 2013 and July 21-22 and 24-25, 2010.  Гл. таксама фотаздымкі 1-2 ліпеня 2013 г. ды 21-22 і 24-25 ліпеня 2010 г. The vibrant evangelical Protestant church in Al’shany in the central Pripet area of Polesia holds… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 29, 2013

Near Ruzhany 2001.  Пад Ружанамі 2001 год.

Churches of Belarus (part XLVIII):  Church of the Holy Trinity, Zas’vir 2001. Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка XLVIII):  касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Засьвір 2001 год.

Zas’vir 2001.  Засьвір 2001 год.

October Fog, Karelichy 2000.  Кастрычніцкі туман, Карэлічы 2000 год.

From the Highway to Vilnius, Indian Summer 2000.  З дарогі Валожын-Альшаны 2000 год.

“Tiffany Stained Glass”, Mjensk 2001.  Уздоўж р. Сьвіслач, Менск 2001 год.

An August Feast, Tsjerablichy 2013.  Жнівеньскі смак, Цераблічы 2013 год. This was a bumper year for pears in Belarus, so much so that some older trees went unharvested and thus provided an extended feast for bees and butterflies.