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Photo expedition to villages of Iuje District on Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday:  Dajlidy 2016.  As is the case with many other villages in the northwestern districts of Belarus, Dajlidy is a Baltic toponym and the village has remained strongly Roman Catholic. Фотаэкспедыцыя па вёсках Іўеўшчыны:  Дайліды 2016 г.   Crosses of Belarus (part XLVI). … Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 4, 2016

Easter portrait, Azdamichy 2015.  Велікодны партрэт, Аздамічы 2015 г.

Christ is risen!  Truly he is risen!  A happy and joyous Easter to all. Хрыстос уваскрос!  Сапраўды ўваскрос!  Хрыстос уваскрос!  Сапраўды ўваскрос!  Хрыстос уваскрос!  Сапраўды ўваскрос!  Радаснага Велікодня ўсім!   All-night service and pre-dawn blessing of Easter bread, Azdamichy 2015.  Усяночная служба ды асьвячэньне Велікодных артасоў, Аздамічы 2015 г.      

Orthodox Great Saturday Matins (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy. To mark the death of Christ and his repose in the tomb, the priest sets up a temporary altar table in the nave to symbolize Christ’s tomb.  The priest has a cloth icon spread out to cover the table.  Commemorating the Lamentation of the… Continue reading Orthodox Rites on Great Saturday / Праваслаўная Вялікая субота

Photographic expedition to Hantsavichy (Khatsinavichy) and Pinsk (Dabraslauka, Lyshcha, Zapol’lje, Pinsk, Pinkavichy, Kupjatsichy, Haradzishcha, Vylazy, Parakhonsk, Soshna, Kamjen’, Pahost-Zaharodski) Districts with Anton Astapovich, Chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Cultural and Historical Monuments (БДТАПГК). Part VIII/VIII:  Vjaz, Kamjen’, Pahost-Zaharodski Фотаэкспедыцыя з Антонам Астаповічам, старшыням Беларускага дабраахвотнага таварыства аховы помнікаў гісторыі й культуры… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 29, 2016

Photographic expedition to Hantsavichy (Khatsinavichy) and Pinsk (Dabraslauka, Lyshcha, Zapol’lje, Pinsk, Pinkavichy, Kupjatsichy, Haradzishcha, Vylazy, Parakhonsk, Soshna, Kamjen’, Pahost-Zaharodski) Districts with Anton Astapovich, Chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Cultural and Historical Monuments (БДТАПГК). Part VII/VIII:  Soshna. Фотаэкспедыцыя з Антонам Астаповічам, старшыням Беларускага дабраахвотнага таварыства аховы помнікаў гісторыі й культуры (БДТАПГК) па… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 28, 2016

Photographic expedition to Hantsavichy (Khatsinavichy) and Pinsk (Dabraslauka, Lyshcha, Zapol’lje, Pinsk, Pinkavichy, Kupjatsichy, Haradzishcha, Vylazy, Parakhonsk, Soshna, Kamjen’, Pahost-Zaharodski) Districts with Anton Astapovich, Chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Cultural and Historical Monuments (БДТАПГК). Part VI/VIII:  Parakhonsk.  Parakhonsk was the birthplace and residence of the famous interwar photographer of Polesia Zofia Chomętowska. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 27, 2016

Photographic expedition to Hantsavichy (Khatsinavichy) and Pinsk (Dabraslauka, Lyshcha, Zapol’lje, Pinsk, Pinkavichy, Kupjatsichy, Haradzishcha, Vylazy, Parakhonsk, Soshna, Kamjen’, Pahost-Zaharodski) Districts with Anton Astapovich, Chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Cultural and Historical Monuments (БДТАПГК). Part V/VIII: Vylazy.  The Orthodox church of the Birth of the Holy Mother of God (1787) is a… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 26, 2016

Photographic expedition to Hantsavichy (Khatsinavichy) and Pinsk (Dabraslauka and Lyshcha; Zapol’lje and Pinsk; Pinkavichy, Kupjatsichy, and Haradzishcha; Vylazy; Parakhonsk; Soshna; Kamjen’ and Pahost-Zaharodski) Districts with Anton Astapovich, Chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Cultural and Historical Monuments (БДТАПГК). Part IV/VIII:  Pinkavichy, Kupjatsichy, Haradzishcha Фотаэкспедыцыя з Антонам Астаповічам, старшыням Беларускага дабраахвотнага таварыства аховы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 25, 2016