Photo survey of the patrimony of Valozhyn District 2016: Navasjolki, Ljutash, Vishnjeva, Klim, Slajkoushchyna, Sakaushchyna, Stajki Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Валожынскага раёна 2016 г.: Навасёлкі, Люташ, Вішнева, Клім, Слайкоўшчына, Сакаўшчына, Стайкі Crosses of Belarus (part CLVII). Крыжы Беларусі (частка CLVII).
Month: July 2021
Photos of the Day for July 10, 2021
World War I cemeteries (part XLIX): cemetery of the 80th Reserve Infantry Division, one of three German World War I cemeteries in Pron’ki (Mjadzjel District). From September 1915 to November 1917 the German, Austrian and Russian imperial armies, indifferent to the rights of the Belarusian nation, contested part of the World War I Eastern Front… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 10, 2021
Photo of the Day for July 9, 2021
Row of wooden houses along the main street of Kabyl’nik (Narach) 2015. Чэраговая забудова ўздоўж галоўнай вуліцы, Кабыльнік (Нарач) 2015 г.
Photo of the Day for July 8, 2021
Crosses of Belarus (part CLVI): crucifix in the narthex of the Roman Catholic church of St. Andrew, Kabyl’nik (Narach) 2015. Крыжы Беларусі (частка CLVI): расьпяцьце, касьцёл Сьв. Андрэя апостала, Кабыльнік (Нарач) 2015 г.
Photos of the Day for July 7, 2021
Il’lja 2015. Ільля 2015 г. Memorial stone commemorating the founding of Il’lja in 1473 and memorial plaque commemorating the spot where the Orthodox church of St. Joseph was erected during the Second Polish Republic in 1938 and destroyed by the Soviet authorities in the 1950s. Помнік заснаваньню Ільлі ў 1473 г. ды дошка… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 7, 2021
Photo of the Day for July 6, 2021
Roman Catholic priest Vjachaslau Barok is the fearless parish priest in Rasony in Northern Belarus and a talented and courageous pastoralist (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBiRH8tKju24oNd5mAo9ksQ). He has now been forced into exile — like thousands of other Belarusians — under persecution by today’s regime. Ксёндз Вячаслаў Барок, пробашч парафіі ў Расонах і таленавіты й адважны душпастыр (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBiRH8tKju24oNd5mAo9ksQ), зараз… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 6, 2021
Photos of the Day for July 5, 2021
Lost patrimony: former farmstand, Il’lja 2015. It was always a pleasure to pause one’s journey to chat with the cheerful sellers sitting under this stand with its three carved owls and buy their fresh eggs, creamline milk and home-grown produce. See also photo of the day for November 15, 2012. Unfortunately, local authorities removed the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 5, 2021
Photo of the Day for July 4, 2021
Panjekhida for Granddad Vasil’ (see photos for May 28, 2021). May he rest in heavenly peace. A panjekhida is an Eastern Orthodox memorial service for a deceased family member just before or on the 40th day; those attending pray for the acceptance of the deceased into heaven. In the Polesian villages of Tsjerablichy and Azdamichy… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 4, 2021
Photo of the Day for July 3, 2021
Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) VIII/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) VIII/VIII. Syncretism of Christian and pre-Christian rites and traditions: viburnum berries on a grave. Viburnum (kalina – каліна in Belarusian) plays an important role in pre-Christian traditions: as a (bitter) medicament, as… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 3, 2021
Photos of the Day for July 2, 2021
Wandering the back roads 2017: return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) VII/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) VII/VIII. Jabravichy cemetery. Могілкі ў Ябравічах. Looking to the east from the western side of the cemetery. Від на зсход зь заходняй часткі могілак. Looking… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 2, 2021