The first Mjensk (VI/VI): Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. Першы Менск (VI/VI): Гарадзішча (Менскі раён) 2019 г. In the center of the modern village of Haradzishcha is a compound of houses (owned by a wealthy Russian?) expertly built in early 20th-century styles or, in the case of the first house shown here, perhaps a skillfully… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 30, 2019
Month: June 2019
Photos of the Day for June 29, 2018
The first Mjensk (V/VI): Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. Першы Менск (V/VI): Гарадзішча (Менскі раён) 2019 г. Churches of Belarus (part CCCXII): orthodox church of St. Nicholas. This modern church stands on the spot of the wooden Greek Catholic church of St. Nicholas built by the Pishchala family in the mid-18th century. That original church… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 29, 2018
Photo of the Day for June 28, 2019
The first Mjensk: hill-fort settlement in Haradzishcha (IV/VI). Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. Першы Менск: Гарадзішча (IV/VI). Гарадзішча (Менскі раён) 2019 г. Family cemetery of the Pishchalas, the prominent family which owned Haradzishcha from 1598 for more than three hundred years. Having long lain under a rubbish heap, the cemetery was rediscovered in 2016 thanks… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 28, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 27, 2019
The first Mjensk: hill-fort settlement in Haradzishcha (III/VI). Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. Першы Менск: Гарадзішча (III/VI). Гарадзішча (Менскі раён) 2019 г. Local historians, conservationists, and citizen volunteers showing commendable initiative independent of the authorities: Belarusian sculptor Ihar Zasimovich carves a boulder to mark the river Mjenka.
Photos of the Day for June 26, 2019
The first Mjensk: hill-fort settlement in Haradzishcha (II/VI). Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. One can consider Haradzishcha a key site connected to the development of the Belarusian nation. It would thus be natural to expect that the Belarusian authorities would long ago have ensured proper conservation of, and widespread, steady publicity about, the site. However, conservation,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 26, 2019
Photo of the Day for June 25, 2019
The first Mjensk: hill-fort settlement in Haradzishcha (I/VI). Haradzishcha (Mjensk District) 2019. The name haradzishcha — гарадзішча — means hill-fort settlement. There are many such hill-fort sites in Belarus. Here we focus on the hill fort in Haradzishcha. The fort in question dates to the 9th century AD. In the 10th century the fort became… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 25, 2019
Photo of the Day for June 24, 2019
Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г. Church procession. In the Orthodox Christian tradition the procession proceeds counterclockwise three times around the church. On the third circuit the procession stops at the four cardinal points for readings from the Gospels and blessing of the church and the congregation with… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 24, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 23, 2019
Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г. Children’s communion is also a point in the Orthodox liturgy when one can witness most directly the transmission of faith from generation to generation. Перадача веры ад пакаленьня пакаленьню падчас дзіцячага прычасьця таксама дае натхненьне й надзею.
Photos of the Day for June 22, 2019
Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г. On Esster Monday one witnesses the transmission of faith is the most direct way when parents or grandparents lift their children or grandchildren to kiss the Artos (special Easter bread symbolizing the resurrection; the loaf is placed in the center of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 22, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 21, 2019
Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г. Candles play an important role in Orthodox Christian services. Tending the candle holders is a key task, carried out by laymen, and attention is given to having children begin to take responsibility at an early age for minding the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 21, 2019