Month: January 2021

Photos of the Day for January 12, 2021

Photo survey of the patrimony of Smaljavichy District 2018:  Dubrova, Aljesina, Shypjany. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Смалявіцкага раёна 2018 г.: Дуброва, Алесіна, Шыпяны.       Remnants of former Van’kovich estate. Рэшткі былой сядзібы Ваньковічаў.       Former estate brewery. An excellent example of vernacular Art Nouveau.   Былы сядзібны бровар. Узор стылю мадэрн.  … Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 12, 2021

Photo of the Day for January 11, 2021

Photo survey of Smaljavichy District 2018:  Dubrova, Aljesina, Shypjany. Фотавандроўка па Смалявіцкім раёне 2018 г.: Дуброва, Алесіна, Шыпяны.     Welcome committee. Прывітальны камітэт.  

Photo of the Day for January 10, 2021

Photo survey of the patrimony of Smaljavichy District 2018:  Dubrova, Aljesina, Shypjany. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Смалявіцкага раёна 2018 г.: Дуброва, Алесіна, Шыпяны.     Crosses of Belarus (part CXLIV). Крыжы Беларусі (частка CXLIV).  

Photos of the Day for January 9, 2021

Photo survey of the patrimony of Smaljavichy District 2018:  Dubrova, Aljesina, Shypjany. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Смалявіцкага раёна 2018 г.: Дуброва, Алесіна, Шыпяны.   Vernacular architecture in Mjensk Region. Народнае дойлідства ў Менскай вобласьці.       Nineteenth-century brick and stone barn on the former Dubrova estate. Мураваны сьвіран 19-га ст. на былым фальварку „Дуброва“.  … Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 9, 2021

Photo of the Day for January 8, 2021

Polesia in Winter:  Vjeras’nitsa 2014. Палесьсе ўзімку: Верасьніца 2014 г.    

Orthodox Christmas 2021 / 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 2021 / Раство Хрыстовае

Photo of the Day for January 6, 2021

Kuts’tsja (Eastern Orthodox Christmas Eve meal).  Tsjerablichy 2017. Kuts’tsja is the name of a porridge found in Belarusian, Polish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Russian cuisine.  It is made from wheat or barley or, in Belarus, from rice.  Kuts’tsja is made for three evenings in Orthodox Christmastide: great or fasting kuts’tsja on January 6, Orthodox Christmas eve;… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 6, 2021