Month: August 2015

Portraits from a family reunion, Azdamichy 2015.  Партрэты са сямейнага сьвята, Аздамічы 2015 г. Five sisters.  Пяцёра сясцёр. Granddads and grandsons.  Дзядулі й унукі. Snjezhana with her three kids:  Sjamjon, Pavjel and Marusja.  Снежана са сваімі дзецьмі Сямёнам, Пашкам й Марусяй. Husband and wife.  Сямейная пара. Three generations.  Тры пакаленьні.

Singing Belarusian and Ukrainian folk songs, family reunion, Azdamichy 2015. Украйнскія й беларускія сьпевы на сямейным сьвяце.  Аздамічы 2015 г.

Churches of Belarus (part CV):  Roman Catholic church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Haradzishcha (Baranavichy District) 2015.  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка CV):  касьцёл Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі, Гарадзішча (Баранавіцкі раён) 2015 г. Churches of Belarus (parts CVI/CVII):  Orthodox church of the Dormition (former Roman Catholic church of John the Baptist) and Roman Catholic church of the Sacred… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 9, 2015

Remnants of the allee which ran from the church to the now-destroyed manor house of the Nezabytouski family, Vjalikaja Svarotva 2015.  Рэшткі алеі з царквы на сядзібны дом Незабытоўскіх, Вялікая Сваротва 2015 г. Navasjolki (near Pachapava) 2015.  Навасёлкі (пад Пачапавам) 2015 г. Near Amnjevichy 2015.  Пад Амневічамі 2015 г.

Father Georgij Sapun (1924), Pachapava 2015. At the close of World War II the Soviet authorities sent Georgij Sapun to the GULAG.  When he returned and graduated from seminary, he spent fifty years ministering to his parishes of Pachapava and Vjalikaja Svarotva from a small, decrepit cemetery chapel while raising enough money to rebuild the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 7, 2015

Minaki 2015.  Мінакі 2015 г. Driving along the main street in Minaki, I saw this granny drawing water from her well under the protective eye of the stork on her barn.  As we chatted about the storks and the weather, the granny’s cat’s curiosity got the better of her and she came over to inspect… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 6, 2015

Hitchhiking granny, Karchova 2015.  I was happy to give this heavy-laden granny a ride to her village of Hrachykhi. Аўтаспынам на Грачыхі, Карчова 2015 г. Hrachykhi 2015.  Грачыхі 2015 г. After Hrachykhi 2015.  За Грачыхамі 2015 г. A rare mud-brick barn, Kunjevichy 2015.  Куневічы 2015 г.

Churches of Belarus (part CII):  Roman Catholic church of St. George, Palanechka 2015. Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка CII):  касьцёл Сьв. Юр’я, Паланэчка 2015 г. Neo-constructivist apartment block, Palanechka 2015. Неаканструктывізм, Паланэчка 2015 г.

Belarus in Faces (part CLXIV):  feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Ishkal’dz’ 2015. Беларусь у тварах (частка CLXIV):  Сьвятой Тройцы, касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Ішкальдзь 2015 г.

Procession, feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Ishkal’dz’ 2015. Працэсія, Сьвятой Тройцы, касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, Ішкальдзь 2015 г.