Month: April 2014

From a mid-January photo survey of the patrimony of north-eastern Valozhyn District.  З вандроўкі па спадчыне паўночна-усходняй Валожыншчыны. Ice-fishing on the Western Bjarezina River (Zakhodnaja Bjarezina – Заходная Бярэзіна).  Belarusians cherish the opportunity to fish, as much to enjoy the freedom to be themselves with their own thoughts as to haul in a fish. Рыбалка… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 11, 2014

From a mid-January photo survey of the patrimony of north-eastern Valozhyn District.  З вандроўкі па спадчыне паўночна-усходняй Валожыншчыны. Along the Valozhyn-Ashmjany Highway, January 2014.  Most of Belarus is flat (the country’s highest point is only about 1120 feet above sea level).  However, one occasionally comes upon landscapes reminiscent of the Alpine foothills. Уздоўж дарогі Валожын-Ашмяны,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 8, 2014

Granny Tonja, Latyhal’, January 2014.  Granny Tonja watched me photographing the church of St. Michael across the street.  We chatted about the parish and the upcoming feast of the Presentation in the Temple (February 15, equivalent to February 2 in the Orthodox Julian calendar). There are several villages named Latyhal’ scattered through the northern half… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 7, 2014

Patrimony of Vjaljejka District.  Спадчына Вялейскага раёну. Photos from a mid-January photographic survey of cultural and architectural monuments in eastern Vjaljejka District.  Фотаздымкі з вандроўкі па архітэктурнай і культурнай спадчыны ўзходняга Вялейскага раёну. Churches of Belarus (part LXII):  Orthodox church of St. Michael (1771), Latyhal’, January 2014.  A graceful example of Belarusian Greek-Catholic wooden church… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 6, 2014

Keeping the church heated, Vjazyn’, January 2014.  Нагляд царквы, Вязынь, студзень 2014 года. Photos from a mid-winter photographic survey of cultural and architectural monuments in eastern Vjaljejka District.  Фотаздымкі з вандроўкі па архітэктурнай і культурнай спадчыны ўзходняга Вялейскага раёну.

Patrimony of Vjaljejka District.  Спадчына Вялейскага раёну. Photos from a mid-January photographic survey of cultural and architectural monuments in eastern Vjaljejka District.  Фотаздымкі з вандроўкі па архітэктурнай і культурнай спадчыны ўзходняга Вялейскага раёну. Churches of Belarus (part LXI):  Orthodox church of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God, Vjazyn’ 2014.  The current church, probably… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 4, 2014

Patrimony of Lahojsk District:  mid-winter landscape looking north from Vjapraty 2014.  Most people rush through Vjapraty, a hamlet on the main road from Mjensk to the northern Belarusian Blue Lakes.  However, stopping to take in the view is always worth it. Спадчына Лагойскага раёну:  зімовы ландшафт з Вяпрат.

Commemorative concert to mark the seventieth anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Belarusian ethnographer/photographer Mikhas’ Ramaniuk (1944-1997).  Спэктакль-гімн да 70-годдзя беларускага этнографа-фатографа Міхася Раманюка (1944-1997). Belarusian State Philharmonic Hall, Mjensk, January 2014.  Беларуская дзяржаўная філармонія, Менск, студзень 2014 г.