Month: August 2019

Photos of the Day for August 11, 2019

Photo-trip through Hlybokaje and Dokshytsy Districts 2019:  Vjerkhnjaje, Kanstantsinava, Karaby-2, Tumashy, Latyhol’, Zavaroty, Prakhody, Charkasy, Sitsy, Paraf’janava. Фотавандроўка па Глыбоцкім і Докшыцкім раёнах 2019 г.: Верхняе, Канстанцінава, Карабы-2, Тумашы, Латыголь, Завароты, Праходы, Чаркасы, Сіцы, Параф’янава.   Latyhol’. A Baltic toponym, suggesting that this immediate area was settled long ago by Latgalians, i.e., forebears of today’s… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 11, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 10, 2019

Photo-trip through Hlybokaje and Dokshytsy Districts 2019:  Vjerkhnjaje, Kanstantsinava, Karaby-2, Tumashy, Latyhol’, Zavaroty, Prakhody, Charkasy, Sitsy, Paraf’janava. Фотавандроўка па Глыбоцкім і Докшыцкім раёнах 2019 г.: Верхняе, Канстанцінава, Карабы-2, Тумашы, Латыголь, Завароты, Праходы, Чаркасы, Сіцы, Параф’янава.   Karaby-2. Карабы-2.   Churches of Belarus (part CCCXXV):  Orthodox church of the Archangel Michael (after 2000). Now regrettably covered… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 10, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 9, 2019

Photo-trip through Hlybokaje and Dokshytsy Districts 2019:  Vjerkhnjaje, Kanstantsinava, Karaby-2, Tumashy, Latyhol’, Zavaroty, Prakhody, Charkasy, Sitsy, Paraf’janava. Фотавандроўка па Глыбоцкім і Докшыцкім раёнах 2019 г.: Верхняе, Канстанцінава, Карабы-2, Тумашы, Латыголь, Завароты, Праходы, Чаркасы, Сіцы, Параф’янава.   Vjerkhnjaje. Верхняе.   Churches of Belarus (part CCCXXIII):  Orthodox church of the Transfiguration. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CCCXXIII): царква Праабражэньня… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 9, 2019

Photo of the Day for August 7, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  Azdamichy 2019. The bench (part XIX):  what can seem more prosaic than the plain wooden bench in front of almost every village house in Belarus?  And yet the bench is the pivot of social life, the gathering place of generations on a summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent observation post.  The… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 7, 2019

Photo of the Day for August 6, 2019

Portraits of Polesia: summer in Azdamichy 2019. The potatoes are growing well; the yards and barns are neat and tidy; the storks are tending to their fledglings (owing to a prolonged dry spell and consequent dearth of frogs in this part of the Pripet Marshes, it has been extremely rare to see more than one… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 6, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 5, 2019

In memory of Mikalaj Rakavjets (December 4, 1931 – May 8, 2019) У памяць пра Мікалая Ракаўца (04.12.1931 – 08.05.2019)     Mikalaj Rakavjets assisted at the church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy for more than 40 years.  It was my great fortune to know him for 12 years from the time I began… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 5, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 4, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (XIV/XIV). Сьвята Спасланьня Сьвятога Духа: Папшычы 2019 г. (XIV/XIV).   Village scenes after the Pentecost rite: Вёска пасьля абрада Спасланьня Сьвятога Духа:     Abandoned homestead. Закінутая гаспадарка.         Roadside shrine at the village crossroads. Прыдарожная каплічка на вясковай перакрыжаваньні.  

Photos of the Day for August 3, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (XIII/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 3, 2019

Photos of the Day for August 2, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (XII/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 2, 2019