Month: March 2015

Ash Wednesday (IV/V).  Папялец (Папяльцовая серада) (IV/V). Blessing of crosses, church of the Mother of God of Budslau, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. Асьвячэньне крыжоў, касьцёл Маці Божай Будслаўскай, Каменная Горка (Менск) 2015 г.

Ash Wednesday (III/V).  Папялец (III/V). Belarus in Faces (part CXLVII):  at the end of Mass on Ash Wednesday, church of the Mother of God of Budslau, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. Беларусь у тварах (частка CXLVII):  напрыканцы сьв. Імшы з нагоды Папяльца (Папяльцовай серады), касьцёл Маці Божай Будслаўскай, Каменная Горка (Менск) 2015 г.

Ash Wednesday (II/V):  celebration of the Eucharist, church of the Mother of God of Budslau, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. Папялец (Папяльцовая серада) (II/V):  сьвятая Камунія, касьцёл Маці Божай Будслаўскай, Каменная Горка (Менск) 2015 г.

Ash Wednesday (I/V), Church of the Mother of God of Budslau, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. I rarely photograph in Mjensk or other of Belarus’ large cities.  However, having heard of the vibrancy and dedication of the parish of the Mother of God of Budslau, I decided to attend Ash Wednesday Mass there.  Father Frants (Frantsishak)… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 9, 2015

Churches of Belarus (part LXXXVII):  Roman Catholic church of the Mother of God of Budslau, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. Fifteen years of intensive development has turned Kamjennaja Horka from a peaceful grouping of houses on the outskirts of Mjensk into one of the capital’s largest housing estates.  Amid the ranks of mammoth apartment blocs, one’s… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 8, 2015

Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Candlemas, Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, Meeting of the Lord), part VIII/VIII:  closing moments of the liturgy. At the close of the service parishioners, holding the candles which Father Aljaksandr has blessed, line up to kiss the cross and the icon for the feast day. Стрэчаньне Гасподняе… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 7, 2015

Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Candlemas, Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, Meeting of the Lord), part VII/VIII:  children’s communion. Стрэчаньне Гасподняе (Грамніцы), частка VII/VIII: дзіцячае прычасьце.

Belarus in Faces (part CXLVI).  Беларусь у тварах (частка CXLVI). Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Candlemas), part VI/VIII:  children. Стрэчаньне Гасподняе (Грамніцы), частка VI/VIII: дзеці.

Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Candlemas, Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, Meeting of the Lord), part V/VIII:  blessing of candles. It is important to use only beeswax candles.  Parishioners extinguish their candles after the blessing and light them at home during the year to invoke the protection of the Mother of God… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 4, 2015

Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Candlemas, Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, Meeting of the Lord), part IV/VIII:  the choir prepares for the blessing of candles. Стрэчаньне Гасподняе (Грамніцы), частка IV/VIII: хор падрыхтуецца да асьвячэньня сьвечак.