Author: johnkunstadter

Feast of Peter and Paul II, Iuje 2010/Сьв. Пятра й Паўла II, Іўе 2010 Although the feast of  Peter and Paul, June 29, fell on a workday in 2010, both the mass at 10 a.m. and celebratory mass at 1:00 p.m. at Iuje’s parish church of the Apostles Peter and Paul were standing-room only.  A… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 28, 2010

Feast of Peter and Paul, part I, Iuje 2010/Сьв. Пятра й Паўла (частка I), Іўе 2010 I have long admired the strength of faith 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 касьцёла Апосталаў Пятра… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 27, 2010

The Heart of Polesia/Сэрца Прыпяці Granny Katsjeryna, born 1921; Tsjerablichy, July 2010/Спадарыня Кацерына (1921); Цераблічы, Ліпень 2010 год

Evangelical Protestant Baptism IV, Al’shany 2010/Эвангельскае хрышчэньне IV, Альшаны 2010 год Evangelical Protestantism has had a quiet, reverent, enduring presence in the Central Pripet region for a century.  On July 4 a great multitude from the Al’shany area of Polesia gathered to witness the total-immersion baptism of more than 90 people. It is striking to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 25, 2010

Evangelical Baptism III, Al’shany 2010/Эвангельскае хрышчэньне II, Альшаны 2010 год Evangelical Protestantism has had a quiet, reverent, enduring presence in the Central Pripet region for a century.  On July 4 a great multitude from the Al’shany area of Polesia gathered to celebrate the total-immersion baptism of more than 90 people. This baptism ceremony occurs semi-annually. … Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 24, 2010

Near Vostrava 2010/ля Востравы 2010 год

Evangelical Protestant Baptism II, Al’shany 2010/Эвангельскае хрышчэньне II, Альшаны 2010 год Evangelical Protestantism has had a quiet, reverent, enduring presence in the Central Pripet region for a century.  On July 4 a great multitude from the Al’shany area of Polesia gathered to celebrate the total-immersion baptism of more than 90 people. This baptism ceremony occurs… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 22, 2010

Evangelical Protestant Baptism I, Al’shany 2010/Эвангельскае хрышчэньне I, Альшаны 2010 год Evangelical Protestantism has had a quiet, reverent, enduring presence in the Central Pripet region for a century.  On July 4 a great multitude from the Al’shany area of Polesia gathered to witness the total-immersion baptism of more than 90 people. This baptism ceremony occurs… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 21, 2010

The Cross II/Крыж (частка ІI) One of the most evocative sights in Belarus is the cross, placed at a village crossroad or along the road in the countryside.  I have been inspired to photograph crosses in great part by the timeless ethnographic-photographic study “Беларускія народныя Крыжы” (“Belarusan Folk Crosses”) of Mikhas’ Ramanjuk (1944-1997), published by… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 20, 2010: The Cross II

The Bench III/Лаўка (частка ІII) 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 village agora, the permanent observation post.  The bench is the witness to the changing fortunes of the village and at… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 19, 2010: The Bench III