Author: johnkunstadter

Tsjerablichy 2010/Цераблічы 2010 год

To mark the annual early August pilgrimage to the church of the Holy Trinity, Rositsa.  The pilgrimage takes place in honor of  two Marian priests, Frs. Antoni Ljashchevich and Jury Kashyra, martyred in a German reprisal operation in 1943. Штогод напачатку жніўня ў Росіцу, у касьцёл Сьвятой Тройцы, кіруюцца пілігрымкі ў гонар сьвятых мучанікаў Антонія Ляшчэвіча і… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 6, 2010

Inspired by the splendid early 20th century Belarusan photographer Jan Bulhak (1876-1947).  Здымак, натхнёны фатаграфічным геніем Яна Булгака. Tsjerablichy 2010/Цераблічы 2010 год

Enduring faces I/Выветраныя твары (частка І) Astrauki 2010/Астраўкі 2010 год

Feast of Peter and Paul ІV, Iuje 2010/Сьв. Пятра й Паўла (частка ІV), Іўе 2010 I have long admired the transmission of faith from generation to generation among the people of Iuje’s parish of the Apostles Peter and Paul.  A bow to Father Jan and the whole parish. Мяне здаўна ўражвае сіла веры парафіянаў Іўеўскага… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 3, 2010

Feast of Peter and Paul III, Iuje 2010/Сьв. Пятра й Паўла (частка IІІ), Іўе 2010 Although the feast day of June 29 fell on a workday in 2010, participation was heavy in the celebratory mass and procession at Iuje’s church of the Apostles Peter and Paul.  A bow to Father Jan and the whole parish.

Light in August, Psuja 2007/Жнівеньскае асьвятленьне, Псуя 2007 год

Windows III/Вокны (частка ІІІ) Curtained or not, house windows offer a way into the intimacies of a culture’s soul. Zakharychy 2010/Захарычы 2010 год

The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary” V: Inheritance / Надзвычайнае ў “звычайным“ (частка V): Дарога расьце ўсё жыцьцё It is exceptionally moving to see how carefully and steadily Belarusan parents and especially grandparents pass on traditions to their children and grandchildren — in the household, in the field, in church. Асабліва кранае тое, з якой стараннасьцю, з… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 30, 2010: The Extraordinary in the “Ordinary” V

Until the Soviet authorities “ameliorated” so much of the Pripet Marshes out of existence and radically distorted the region’s ecology and environment, Polesians traveled much more by boat.  One now rarely has the privilege to see a Polesian poling quietly through the marshes on a locally-made boat (chovjen’ or dub, the latter word — meaning… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 29, 2010