Month: September 2014

Photo of the Day for September 19, 2014

A question of preserving patrimony, Al’shany 2014.  Пытаньне аховы спадчыны, Альшаны 2014 г. In contrast to the humorous, inventive sculptures in Ramjel’ (see photo of the day for September 18), mutant forms have invaded Al’shany, three kilometers away.  In Al’shany the Orthodox church of Paraskjeva Pjatnitsa is preparing to replace its graceful cupolas, built in… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 19, 2014

Photo of the Day for September 18, 2014

Sculptural whimsy, Ramjel’ 2014.  Скулптурная фантазія, Рамель 2014 г. It is exceptionally rare to see private initiatives, let alone humorous and whimsical sculptures, in public places in Belarus.  It is rarer still to find such expressions of public creativity in villages, where people are (naturally) preoccupied with practical and insistent matters of farming.  Thus it… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 18, 2014

Photo of the Day for September 17, 2014

The year 2014 marks seventy-five years since the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union which gave both the room to carve up the nations in between.  The pact allowed Hitler to start World War II by invading Poland from the west on September 1, 1939 and, in concert, the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 17, 2014

Photo of the Day for September 16, 2014

Evening prayer during June, the month in the Roman Catholic calendar dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Rymdzjuny 2014. Вячэрныя малітвы ў чэрвень – месяц, прысьвечаны набажэнству да Найсьвяцейшага Сэрца Ісуса, Рымдзюны 2014 г. After attending the celebratory Mass for Holy Trinity in Hjervjaty, I passed through the nearby village of Rymdzjuny, where I… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 16, 2014

Photos of the Day for September 15, 2014

End of the procession, feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Hjervjaty 2014.  На прыканцы працэсіі, сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Гервяты 2014  г.  

Photos of the Day for September 14, 2014

Awaiting Communion, feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Hjervjaty 2014.  У чаканьні Сьвятой Камуніі, сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Гервяты 2014 г.

Photos of the Day for September 13, 2014

Celebration of the Most Holy Eucharist, feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Hjervjaty 2014.  Эўхарыстыя, сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Гервяты 2014 г.

Photos of the Day for September 12, 2014

Feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Hjervjaty 2014.  Сьвятой Тройцы, касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Гервяты 2014 г. The feast of Holy Trinity in Hjervjaty attracts a standing-room-only crowd of worshipers not only from surrounding districts of Belarus but indeed from parishes across the border in Lithuania. There is an especially strong sense of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 12, 2014

Photos of the Day for September 11, 2014

Children’s Mass on the eve of the feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Hjervjaty 2014.  Дзіцячая Сьв. Імша напярэдадні сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, касьцёл Сьв. Тройцы, Гервяты 2014 г. Hjervjaty lies in a belt of northwestern Belarusian towns and villages whose toponyms betray a heavy Baltic influence.  Like other towns in its immediate… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 11, 2014