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Belarus in winter:  trees by Kaldycheva 2016.  Беларусь узімку:  галоўная дарога ля в. Калдычэва 2016. Kaldycheva, a village north of the major western Belarusian city of Baranavichy, was the site of a Nazi German-organized death camp.  Today, the main road past the village is a peaceful place, especially when blanketed by snow.  

Family and friends with Father Georgij Sapun’s widow Hanna at the fortieth-day wake (paminki) for Father Georgij (III/III), Pachapava 2016. Памінкі па айцу Георгію Сапуну (ІІІ/ІІІ):  сваякі й сябры з удавай Ганнай, Пачапава 2016 г.

Family and parishioners at the fortieth-day wake (paminki) for Father Georgij Sapun (II/III), Pachapava 2016. Сваякі й іншыя прыхаджане на памінках па айцу Георгію Сапуну (ІІ/ІІІ), Пачапава 2016 г. A parishioner recalls how, despite the Soviet regime still in force, Father Georgij found a way to give her and her husband a church wedding fifteen… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 3, 2016

Fortieth-day wake (paminki) for Father Georgij Sapun (I/III), Pachapava 2016.  In the Orthodox Christian tradition family members and other parishioners hold wakes after the funeral, art or just before the 40th day, and at the one-year mark after death.  Here family and parishioners gather with Father Georgij’s widow to commemorate him.  Father Vasil’, the parish’s… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 2, 2016

Fortieth-day memorial service (panikhida) for Father Georgij Sapun, Pachapava 2016.  Паніхіда па айцу Георгію Сапуну, Пачапава 2016 г.   Blessing of Father Georgij’s grave, which lies in the churchyard.  Асьвячэньне магілы айца Георгія.  

Preparation for 40th-day memorial service (panikhida) for Father Georgij Sapun, Pachapava 2016. Father Georgij died December 13, 2015 after serving for more than sixty years as the Orthodox priest of the parishes of Pachapava and Vjalikaja Svarotva in western Belarus.  Through his tireless efforts the churches in both villages were restored:  see photos of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 31, 2016

Mjensk in winter 2016 (IV/IV).  Менск узімку 2016 г. (IV/IV) A rare remaining example of Mjensk’s art nouveau patrimony:  1913 building at the corner of Kamsamol’skaja and Internatsyjanal’naja Streets.  Рэдкі засталы прыклад спадчыны стылю мадэрн у Менску:  будынак з 1913 г. на перакрыжаваньні вуліц Камсамольскай і Інтэрнацыянальнай.   Along Kamsamol’skaja Street.  Уздоўж Камсамольскай.

Mjensk in winter 2016 (III/IV).  Менск узімку 2016 г. (III/IV)  

Mjensk in winter 2016 (II/IV): River S’vislach.  Менск узімку 2016 г. (II/IV):  уздоўж р. Сьвіслач.

Mjensk in winter 2016 (I/IV).  Менск узімку 2016 г. (I/IV) Churches of Belarus CXXXI, Orthodox church of Saints Peter & Paul, Njamiha, Mensk.  Цэрквы Беларусі СХХХІ, царква Сьв. Пятра й Паўла, Няміга, Менск. Off Victors’ Prospect (Pras’pjekt Pjeramozhtsau).  Ля прасьпекту Пераможцаў.