Month: May 2018

Photos of the Day for May 21, 2018

Holy Week and Eastertide in Polesia (II/XII). Страсны (русальны) тыдзень і сьветлы тыдзень на Палесьсі (II/XII).   Orthodox feast of the Annunciation, Azdamichy 2018. In 2018 Orthodox Holy Saturday or Plashchanitsa (the celebration of Christ’s repose in the tomb) coincided with the fixed-date April 7 feast of the Annunciation, one of the twelve great feasts… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 21, 2018

Photos of the Day for May 19, 2018

Holy Week and Eastertide in Polesia (I/XII). Страсны (русальны) тыдзень і сьветлы тыдзень на Палесьсі (I/XII).   Orthodox Holy Saturday 2018.  Lamentation at the Tomb (Plashchanitsa — Плашчаніца) and Annunciation (Dabravjeshchan’nje — Дабравешчаньне), Tsjerablichy and Azdamichy 2018. Whenever Orthodox Easter falls on April 8, as in 2018, then Holy Saturday, April 7, coincides with the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 19, 2018

Photos of the Day for May 18, 2018

Dawn on Orthodox Holy Saturday, Tsjerablichy 2018. Сьвітанак у Вялікую суботу, Цераблічы 2018 г.     Church of the Resurrection. Царква Ўваскрасеньня Гасподняга.         River Moustva. Рака Моўства.  

Photo of the Day for May 17, 2018

Faces of Polesia, Tsjerablichy 2018. Палесьсе ў тварах, Цераблічы 2018 г.     Granny Prosja at 100 and three months. Бабуля Прося (у 100 гадоў і 3 месяцы).  

Photos of the Day for May 14, 2018

Spring flood, Vjeras’nitsa 2018. Веснавая паводка, Верасьніца 2018 г.   This was a favorite springtime view until a new spasm of “amelioration” led to the construction of a dyke along the northern edge of Vjeras’nitsa (visible in the center of the first photo along the right-hand edge) and the annual flood seemed to be terminally… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 14, 2018

Photo of the Day for May 13, 2018

A favorite Polesian oak tree, with much of the field under water from 2018’s healthy spring flood in the Pripet (Prypjats’) Basin.  Varonina 2018. Любімы палескі дуб пры веснавой паводцы.  Вароніна 2018 г.  

Photos of the Day for May 12, 2018

Spring flood on the Pripet (Prypjats’) River 2018. After several years of near drought, the Pripet basin of Polesia was once again blessed with a healthy spring flood, one whose volume recalled the ample floods of 2013 and 2008.  These views give a hint of what the region looked forward to in spring for eons… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 12, 2018