Month: August 2017

Photos of the Day for August 11, 2017

Orthodox Trinity Sunday/Pentecost, Azdamichy 2017. Guiding hands:  transmission of faith and traditions from generation to generation. Сёмуха/Тройца:  з пакаленьня ў пакаленьне.  Аздамічы 2017 г.               Chuldren’s communion. Дзіцячае прычасьце.               Kissing the cross and icon. Цалаваньне крыжа й абраза напрыканцы службы.    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 11, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 10, 2017

Orthodox Trinity Sunday/Pentecost. Eastern Orthodoxy celebrates the feast of  Trinity on the same day as Pentecost, whereas western churches celebrate Trinity on the Sunday following Pentecost.  In Belarus the feast is traditionally called Sjomukha (Сёмуха), from the word for “seven”, since the feast falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter.  In popular tradition marking the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 10, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 9, 2017

Cemetery in Harodniki (Ashmjany District) 2017. Every cemetery, even in a small village, is a lesson in local history and the history of the nation. Могілкі ў Гародніках (Ашмянскі раён) 2017 г.     Churches of Belarus (part CCX):  cemetery chapel of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (1864). Касьцёлы Беларусі (CCX):  капліца Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 9, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 8, 2017

Ashmjany Roman Catholic cemetery (II/II) 2017. Рыма-каталіцкія могілкі ў Ашмянах (II/II) 2017 г.   Graves of Polish soldiers who fell in the war against the Bolsheviks 1919-21; grave of a veteran of the 1863 Polish-Lithuanian uprising against the Russian Empire and of her daughter. Могілкі польскіх жаўнераў, упалых у вайне супраць бальшавікаў (1919-21) ды ветэранкі Паўстаньня… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 8, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 7, 2017

Return visit to Ashmjany and surroundings 2017. See also photos of the day for November 8-17, 2016. Зноў на Ашмяншчыну 2017 г. Гл. таксама фотаздымкі дня 8-17 лістапада 2016 г.     Ashmjany Roman Catholic cemetery (I/II).  Quiet and overgrown, the Roman Catholic cemetery is tucked into the folds of a hill on the north… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 7, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 6, 2017

Baskets of garden produce, Tsjerablichy 2012, 2013. Ураджай з агароду, Цераблічы 2012, 2013 гг.    

Photos of the Day for August 3, 2017

Portraits of Polesia.  Karotsichy 2017. Партрэты Палесься.  Кароцічы 2017 г.       The man in the middle is a visitor to the patronal feast of St. Nicholas from Kobryn District, 140 miles (200 kilometers) to the west. Спадар у сярэдзіні — паломнік з Кобрыншчыны.  

Photos of the Day for August 2, 2017

Portraits of Polesia.  Karotsichy 2017. Партрэты Палесься.  Кароцічы 2017 г.   Parishioners from Azdamichy attending the spring feast of St. Nicholas (Mikola) in Karotsichy. Любімыя бабулечкі-прыхаджанкі з суседніх Аздаміч на прастольным сьвяце Міколы ў Кароцічах.   Parishioners from Karotsichy. Гаспадынькі-прыхаджанкі з Кароціч.