Author: johnkunstadter

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dudy 2010/Касьцёл Унебаўзяцьця Найсьв. Панны Марыі, Дуды 2010 год This statue, modeled in the Lithuanian tradition of the Sorrowful Jesus (Rupintojelis), reflects the rich Balto-Slavic cultural mix in northwestern Belarus.  Гэтуя статуя, зробленая ў літоўскай традыцыі “Хрыстос, чыё сэрца ў скрусе”, – элемент багатага балта-славянскага культурнага арнаменту паўночна-заходняй Беларусі.

Happy Birthday to Janka!  З Днём народзінаў, Янка! Vjeras’nitsa 2010/Верасьніца 2010 год

Il’lja II/Ільля ІІ The Orthodox parish of the church of the Prophet Elijah (Il’lja) in Vjeljamichy in Central Polesia celebrates its major annual church festival on Il’lja, August 2 in the modern (Gregorian) calendar. На Ільлю сьвяток у Велямічах, у праваслаўнага прыхода царквы Сьв. Пр. Ільлі. Feast of Il’lja, Vjeljamichy 2010/Ільля, Велямічы, 02.VIII.2010

Waiting for the Cows to Come Home, Machul’ 2010/Чаканьне на “каравоў”, Мачуль 2010 год

It was a special honor when Granny Kats’tsja asked me to take her portrait for her gravestone.  Асаблівым гонарам для мяне была просьба бабулі Каці зрабіць фота для яе надмагільля. In this photo from the series she is wearing her hair parted in the ages-old Polesian way and she has tied her headscarf in the classic… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 2, 2010

September 1 is the first day of school in Belarus, when kids such as the city boy on the left in this photo put away memories of summer vacation in the village. Summer Evening in the Village, Mats’kautsy 2010/Летны вечар у вёсцы, Мацькаўцы 2010 год

The Orthodox parish of the church of the Prophet Elijah (Il’lja) in Vjeljamichy in Central Polesia celebrates its major annual church festival on Il’lja, August 2 in the modern (Gregorian) calendar. На Ільлю сьвяток у Велямічах, у праваслаўнага прыхода царквы Сьв. Пр. Ільлі. Feast of Il’lja, Vjeljamichy 2010/Ільля, Велямічы, 02.VIII.2010

The Bench IV/Лаўка (частка ІV) 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 bench is the witness… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 30, 2010: The Bench IV

First Apples, Hlybachany, August 13, 2010/Першыя яблыкі, Глыбачаны 13.VIII.2010

Al’shany 2010/Альшаны 2010