Month: August 2021

Photo of the Day for August 19, 2021

Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), August 19, 2019.  This was the fifth year in a row I was able to celebrate the blessing of apples with the parish of the Resurrection in Tsjerablichy. The feast of the Transfiguration/Jablychny Spas falls in the middle of the two-week fast which ends with… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 19, 2021

Photos of the Day for August 17, 2021

Awaiting the blessing of flowers, patronal feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15), Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mjory 2011. It is customary in Roman Catholic churches in Belarus for parishioners to bring flowers to the Assumption Day Mass for the priest to bless both… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 17, 2021

Photos of the Day for August 16, 2021

Procession, patronal feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15), Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mjory 2011. Працэсія, прастольнае сьвята Ўнебаўзяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі, касьцёл Унебаўзяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі, Мёры 2011 г.        

Photo of the Day for August 15, 2021

Patronal feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15), Mjory 2011. Прастольнае сьвята Ўнебаўзяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі, касьцёл Унебаўзяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі, Мёры 2011 г.  

Photo of the Day for August 14, 2021

Portraits of Polesia:  great-grandmother with her great-grandson after the blessing of flowers, August 14th Orthodox feast of Makauje/Mjadovy Spas, Davyd-Haradok 2018. Партрэты Палесься: прабабуля са сваім праўнукам пасьля асьвячэньня кветак, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.  

Photo of the Day for August 13, 2021

Blessing of flowers, feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018.  The Orthodox Christian feast of Makauje/Mjadovy Spas falls on August 14.  This 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… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 13, 2021