Month: February 2014

Patrimony of Lida District (part I).  Спадчына Лідчыны (частка І). Churches of Belarus (part LXX):  Orthodox church of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God, Hanchary 2014.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка LXX):  царква Пакрова Прасьвятой Багародзіцы, Ганчары 2014 год. This photo is from a survey of the patrimony of western Lida District and of Iuje… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 19, 2014

Dawn with waning moon, temperature -22C.  Luhamavichy (Luhomavichy) 2014.  Сьвітанак пры зьмяншальным месяцу й тэмпературы -22С.  Лухамавічы (Лугомавічы) 2014 год. I took this photo at the beginning of a day-long survey of the patrimony of western Lida District and of Iuje District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historical… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 18, 2014

Belarusian Homesteads (part VII).  Беларускі хутар (частка VII). Homestead (khutar – хутар), January dawn.  Near Luhamavichy (Luhomavichy) 2014.  I took this photo at the beginning of a day-long survey of the patrimony of western Lida District and of Iuje District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 17, 2014

Blessing of water, Orthodox feast of the Theophany (Baptism of Christ – Vadokhryshcha), Azdamichy 2014.  Асьвячэньне вады на Вадохрышча, Аздамічы 2014. At the end of the five-and-a-half-hour service Father Aljaksandr dips his cross three times into each barrel of water.  The water will be distributed to parishioners.  The barrels and dipping of the cross symbolize… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 16, 2014

At the end of the Theophany liturgy parishioners set out their containers of water for the priest to bless.  Azdamichy 2014.  Падрыхтоўка да асьвячэньня вады на Вадохрышча.  Аздамічы 2014 год.

Orthodox feast of the Theophany (Baptism of Christ – Vadokhryshcha), Azdamichy 2014.  Вадохрышча, Аздамічы 2014 год. Equivalent to the western Christian feast of the Epiphany, the Theophany (Baptism of Christ), celebrated on January 19, is one of the 12 major feasts in the Orthodox liturgical calendar.  The five-and-a-half hour service is always heavily attended in… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 14, 2014

Homeward-bound after blessing of water for Orthodox Theophany (Baptism of Christ – Vadokhryshcha).  Tsjerablichy 2014. The pleasure and excitement were palpable as parishioners made their way home after the first church service in Tsjerablichy’s almost-finished new church — the long-awaited replacement for the village’s church destroyed in 1796. Дадому пасьля асьвячэньня вады на Вадохрышча.  Цераблічы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 13, 2014

Kissing of the Cross after blessing of water for Orthodox Theophany (Baptism of Christ – Vadokhryshcha).  Newly-built church of the Resurrection, Tsjerablichy 2014. Цалаваньне крыжа пасьля асьвячэньня вады на Вадохрышча.  Новая царква Ўваскрасеньня Хрыстова, Цераблічы 2014 год.

Her eyes twinkling, 95-year-old Granny Prosja climbed the scaffolding in the unfinished church of the Resurrection to have an unimpeded view of the blessing of water for Orthodox Theophany.  Church of the Resurrection, Tsjerablichy 2014. Спрытная бабулечка Прося (95) паднялася на рыштаваньні, каб мець бесперашкодны агляд на асьвячэньне вады на Вадохрышча ў новай царкве Ўваскрасеньня… Continue reading Photo of the Day for February 11, 2014

Blessing of water for Orthodox Theophany (Vadokhryshcha – Baptism of Christ), church of the Resurrection, Tsjerablichy 2014. Ignoring the scaffolding and unfinished interior in Tsjerablichy’s new church, parishioners eagerly crowded into the sanctuary for the blessing of water on the eve of the January 19 Orthodox celebration of the Theophany (Baptism of Christ). Асьвячэньне вады… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 10, 2014