Photo of the Day for January 11, 2019

Photo expedition in Valozhyn and Maladzjechna Districts, autumn 2018:  Zabrez’zje,  Harodz’ki, Losk, Kashchelichy, Dubina Jurzdytskaja, Khoukhlava, Jarshevichy. Фотавандроўка па Валожынскім і Маладзечанскім раёнах увосень 2018 г.: Забрэзьзе, Гародзькі, Лоск, Кашчэлічы, Дубіна Юрздыцкая, Хоўхлава, Яршэвічы.   Part IV/IX:  View toward Losk from the east. Частка IV/IX: Від на Лоск з усходу.  

Photos of the Day for January 10, 2019

Photo expedition in Valozhyn and Maladzjechna Districts, autumn 2018:  Zabrez’zje,  Harodz’ki, Losk, Kashchelichy, Dubina Jurzdytskaja, Khoukhlava, Jarshevichy. Фотавандроўка па Валожынскім і Маладзечанскім раёнах увосень 2018 г.: Забрэзьзе, Гародзькі, Лоск, Кашчэлічы, Дубіна Юрздыцкая, Хоўхлава, Яршэвічы.   Part III/IX:  Losk. See also photos of the day for April 13-15, 2014.   Частка III/IX: Лоск Гл. таксама фотаздымкі… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 10, 2019

Photo of the Day for January 9, 2019

Photo expedition in Valozhyn and Maladzjechna Districts, autumn 2018:  Zabrez’zje,  Harodz’ki, Losk, Kashchelichy, Dubina Jurzdytskaja, Khoukhlava, Jarshevichy. Фотавандроўка па Валожынскім і Маладзечанскім раёнах увосень 2018 г.: Забрэзьзе, Гародзькі, Лоск, Кашчэлічы, Дубіна Юрздыцкая, Хоўхлава, Яршэвічы.   Part II/IX:  Harodz’ki. See also photo of the day for October 27, 2018.   Частка II/IX: Гародзькі. Гл. таксама фотаздымкі… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 9, 2019

Photos of the Day for January 8, 2019

Photo expedition in Valozhyn and Maladzjechna Districts, autumn 2018:  Zabrez’zje,  Harodz’ki, Losk, Kashchelichy, Dubina Jurzdytskaja, Khoukhlava, Jarshevichy. Фотавандроўка па Валожынскім і Маладзечанскім раёнах увосень 2018 г.: Забрэзьзе, Гародзькі, Лоск, Кашчэлічы, Дубіна Юрздыцкая, Хоўхлава, Яршэвічы.   Part I/IX :  Zabrez’zje. See also photos of the day for April 10, 2014; January 1, 2015; October 25-26, 2018.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 8, 2019

Orthodox Christmas 2019 / Раство Хрыстовае

Christ is born!   Make glad, O you righteous! Greatly rejoice, O heavens! Dance for joy, O mountains; for Christ is born! The virgin has become like the cherubic throne. She carries at her bosom God the Word, made flesh. Shepherds glorify the newborn child. Wise men offer the master gifts. Angels praise Him and… Continue reading Orthodox Christmas 2019 / Раство Хрыстовае

Photos of the Day for Orthodox Christmas Eve / Куцьця

Orthodox Christmas Eve meal (kuts’tsja – куцьця), traditionally consisting of 12 dishes.  Tsjerablichy, January 6, 2016.   Посная куцьця, Цераблічы, 6 студзеня 2016 г.                                    

Photo of the Day for January 4, 2019

Main street, Dushkava 2018. This street used to be covered in solid and well-fitted paving stones (brukavanka – брукаванка) from the time of the interwar Second Polish Republic.  In connecting the village to the natural gas network, the authorities tore up the stone. Галоўная вуліца, Душкава 2018 г.  

Photos of the Day for January 3, 2019

Traditional root cellars, Dushkava 2018. Старыя склепы, Душкава 2018 г.           Traditional stone foundation, Dushkava 2018. Стары падмурак, Душкава 2018 г.  

Photos of the Day for January 2, 2019

Churches of Belarus (part CCXC):  Orthodox chapel (1803), Dushkava 2018. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CCXC): праваслаўная капліца (1803 г.), Душкава 2018 г.       Bell, Orthodox chapel. Звон праваслаўнай капліцы.         Tombs in the chapel yard (on the left is the tomb of Major-General Karol’ Moravski, who fought in the Russian imperial… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 2, 2019