Month: August 2020

Photos of the Day for August 15, 2020

Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje) or Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018:  II/VI.  August 14 is one of the clearest examples of syncretism, the overlapping or fusion of Christian and pre-Christian rites, in the Belarusian cycle of the year. Most celebrations of Mjadovy Spas in Belarus emphasize the blessing of honey and water and the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 15, 2020

Ва ўспамін, жнівень 2020 г.

Ва ўспамін Аляксандра Віхора, які загінуў пасьля затрыманьня сілавікамі ў Гомлі. Ва ўспамін Аляксандра Тарайкоўскага, якога застрэлілі сілавікі на Пушкінскай у Менску.   Спачуваньні сям’ям, сваякам, блізкім.  Сьветлая памяць.    

Photos of the Day for August 14, 2020

Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018:  I/VI.  This August 14 feast is one of the clearest examples of syncretism, the overlapping or fusion of Christian and pre-Christian rites, in the Belarusian cycle of the year. From pre-Christian times, Belarusians have observed rites in August to mark the transition from summer to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 14, 2020

Photo of the Day for August 13, 2020

Churches of Belarus (part CCCLXXX):  Orthodox church of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan (1913), Davyd-Haradok 2018. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CCCLXXX): царква абраза Маці Божай Казанскай (1913 г.), Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.