Month: March 2016

Roadside shrines of Vjaljejka District (I/II).  Прыдарожныя капліцы Вялейскага раёну (І/ІІ). A wanderer finds comfort at the roadside shrines, dedicated most often to the Blessed Virgin Mary, in areas of northern and northwestern Belarus with a historically strong Roman Catholic presence. I took the first two photos during photo expeditions to and through Vjaljejka District in… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 21, 2016

Oak trees along the Mjensk-Mjadzjel’ road.  Dzjaniski 2016.  Любімыя дубы ўздоўж Р58 Менск-Мядзель.  Дзяніскі 2016 г.

To commemorate the feast of St. Joseph.  З нагоды Сьв. Юзафа. Churches of Belarus (part CXLII):  Roman Catholic church of St. Joseph (1906-08), Rubjazhevichy 2016. Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка CXLII):  касьцёл Сьв. Юзафа (1906-08), Рубяжэвічы 2016 г.

It was a year ago, on March 18, 2015, that beloved Granny Vul’ljana died (see commemorative post on March 18, 2015).  Our thoughts are with her family, relatives and friends.  We miss her terribly — may she rest in peace in the Lord’s embrace. Бабулечка Вульляна памерла год таму, 18-га сакавіка 2015 г (гл. такасама… Continue reading In Memory of Granny Vul’ljana / У памяці бабулечкі Вульляны

Photo expedition to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts (XVI/XVI):  Baruny 2016. Фотавандроўка па Ашмянскім і Смаргоньскім раёнах (XVI/XVI):  Баруны 2016 г.   World War I cemeteries (part III):  graves of soldiers from the German and Russian imperial armies.  As in other cases in Belarusian territories incorporated into the interwar Polish Republic (see photo of the day… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 18, 2016

Photo expedition to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts (XV/XVI):  Baruny 2016. Фотавандроўка па Ашмянскім і Смаргоньскім раёнах (XV/XVI):  Баруны 2016 г.   Churches of Belarus (part CXLI):  Roman Catholic (originally Greek Catholic) church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (1747-56). Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка CXLI):  касьцёл (былая базыльянская царква) Сьвятых апосталаў Пятра й Паўла (1747-56).  … Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 17, 2016

Photo expedition to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts (XIV/XVI):  Staryja Baruny 2016. Фотавандроўка па Ашмянскім і Смаргоньскім раёнах (XIV/XVI):  Старыя Баруны 2016 г.   Crosses of Belarus (part XLIV).  Крыжы Беларусі (частка XLIV).

Photo expedition to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts (XIII/XVI):  Along the Kreva-Baruny road 2016. Фотавандроўка па Ашмянскім і Смаргоньскім раёнах (XIII/XVI):  ўздоўж дарогі Крэва-Баруны 2016 г.

Photo expedition to Smarhon’ and Ashmjany Districts (XII/XVI):  Kreva 2016. Фотавандроўка па Смаргоньскім і Ашмянскім раёнах (XII/XVI):  Крэва 2016 г.   Ruins of Kreva castle, built in the 1330’s by Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas.  In 1385 Kreva was the site of one of the most important treaties in European history, the union between the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 14, 2016

Photo expedition to Smarhon’ and Ashmjany Districts (XI/XVI):  Kreva 2016. Фотавандроўка па Смаргоньскім і Ашмянскім раёнах (XI/XVI):  Крэва 2016 г.   View toward Kreva and its Roman Catholic church from the Mjensk-Vilnius highway.  Від на Крэва й крэўскі касьцёл з дарогі Менск-Вільня.   Churches of Belarus (part CXL):  Roman Catholic church of the Transfiguration (1995-97). … Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 13, 2016