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Blessing of water, spring feast of St. Nicholas (Mikola), Rukhcha 2015.  Асьвячэньне вады, Мікола, Рухча 2015 г. In the middle of the five-hour service, several of the officiating priests perform a blessing of water.  Parishioners will use the water to bless their houses and ward off evil.

Spring feast of St. Nicholas, church of St. Nicholas (1737), Rukhcha 2015.  Мікола, царква Сьв. Мікалая (1737), Рухча 2015 г. The small church is crowded with parishioners and many pilgrims from the surrounding region.

Polesian rhythms:  spring feast of St. Nicholas (Mikola – Мікола), Rukhcha 2015. Палескія рытмы:  Мікола, Рухча 2015 г. In the Orthodox liturgical cycle St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is honored with feasts in spring, to commemorate the transfer of his relics from Myra in Asia Minor to Bari in Italy, and in December.  The spring feast… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 11, 2015

Landscapes of Polesia: roadside poplars, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2015.  Палескія краявіды:  прыдарожныя таполі, Вялікае Малешава 2015 г. This line of poplars, visible for miles when approaching Vjalikaje Maljeshava from the east, beckons the traveler to the prosperous farming area of Stolin District in the central Pripet Marshes.

Belarus in Faces (part CLX):  Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2015.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CLX):  Вялікае Малешава 2015 г.

Belarus in Faces (part CLIX):  Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2015.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CLIX):  Вялікае Малешава 2015 г.

Belarus in Faces (part CLVIII):  Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2015.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CLVIII):  Вялікае Малешава 2015 г.

Belarus in Faces (part CLVII):  Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2015.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CLVII):  Вялікае Малешава 2015 г.

Springtime church feasts and celebrations:  feast of St. John the Evangelist (II/II), Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2015. Веснавыя сьвяты ды ўрачыстасьці: Сьвятога апостала Іаана Багаслова (II/II), Вялікае Малешава 2015 г. Father Ryhor, dean of the Stolin diaconate, reads from the Gospel during the procession around the church. Blessing of the faithful at the end of the procession.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 5, 2015

Springtime church feasts and celebrations:  feast of St. John the Evangelist (I/II), Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2015. Веснавыя сьвяты ды ўрачыстасьці: Сьвятога апостала Іаана Багаслова (I/II), Вялікае Малешава 2015 г. The farming community of Vjalikaje Maljeshava, a major producer of cucumbers, sits in the central Pripet Marshes area of Belarusian Polesia. The village’s late 18th-century wooden Orthodox… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 4, 2015