Photos of the Day for October 15, 2020

Pakrou (Feast of the Protecting Veil of the Holy Mother of God, October 14), Orthodox church of the Protecting Veil, Plotnitsa 2018.  II/II Pakrou is outside the list of the Twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox liturgical calendar.  However, Pakrou remains a major feast and is keenly observed in Belarus.  The celebration of Pakrou coincides… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 15, 2020

Photos of the Day for October 14, 2020

Pakrou (Feast of the Protecting Veil of the Holy Mother of God, October 14), Orthodox church of the Protecting Veil, Plotnitsa 2018.  I/II Pakrou is outside the list of the Twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox liturgical calendar.  However, Pakrou remains a major feast and is keenly observed in Belarus.  The celebration of Pakrou coincides… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 14, 2020

Photo of the Day for October 7, 2020

To commemorate the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (October 7). З нагоды сьвята Маці Божай Ружанцовай (7 кастрычнік).   Churches of Belarus (part CDIII):  Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of the Rosary (1926-34), Soly 2019. See also photos of the day for January 29, 2019 and November 1-3, 2016.   Касьцёлы Беларусі… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 7, 2020

Photos of the Day for October 6, 2020

Photo excursion through western Stolin District (Fjadory, Radchytsk, Plotnitsa, Sitsitsk) and eastern Pinsk District (Vujvichy, Bizharavichy, Mjasjatsichy, Ljemjashevichy) 2014. Фотавандроўка па заходнім Столінскім раёне (Фядоры, Радчыцк, Плотніца, Сіціцк) і ўсходнім Пінскім раёне (Вуйвічы, Біжаравічы, Мясяцічы, Лемяшэвічы) 2014 г.     Churches of Belarus (part CDII):  Orthodox church of the Birth of the Holy Mother of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 6, 2020