Photo of the Day for April 24, 2015

Spring in Polesia:  apple blossoms, Tsjerablichy 2014. Палесьсе ўвесну:  белая яблыня грому.  Цераблічы 2014 г.

Photo of the Day for April 22, 2015

Spring in Polesia:  Navasjolki (Pjetrykau District) 2010. Палесьсе ўвесну:  Навасёлкі (Петрыкаўскі раён) 2010 г. This barn carries a rare example of a well-preserved wooden-shingle roof.  Рэдкі прыклад добра ахоўванага гонтавага даху.  

Photos of the Day for April 21, 2015

Radaunitsa (Orthodox Eastertide commemoration of the dead), Azdamichy 2014.  Радаўніца, Аздамічы 2014 г. Radaunitsa is the most important Orthodox commemoration of the dead in the Belarusian cycle of the year:  people often travel considerable distances back to their native village or town to clean and to honor their forebears’ graves. In Azdamichy, as in most other… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 21, 2015

Photos of the Day for April 20, 2015

Radaunitsa (Orthodox Eastertide commemoration of the dead), Tsjerablichy 2014. Радаўніца, Цераблічы 2014 г. Radaunitsa is the most important Orthodox commemoration of the dead in the Belarusian cycle of the year:  people often travel considerable distances back to their native village or town to clean and to honor their forebears’ graves. In most Belarusian parishes, Radaunitsa… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 20, 2015

Photo of the Day for April 19, 2015

Crosses of Belarus (part XXVI):  roadside cross with pre-Christian symbols of the sun and plowed fields on the gable in the background, Kauby 2010. Крыжы Беларусі (частка XXVI):  прыдарожны крыж; на фоне – дахрысьціянскія сімвалы на шчыту, Каўбы 2010 г.

Photos of the Day for April 18, 2015

Belarus in Faces (part CXLIX):  Nas’tsjushan’ka.  See also photo of the day for March 15, 2014.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CXLIX):  Насьцюшанька.  Гл. таксама фота дня 15 сакавіка 2014 г. Tats’tsjana with one-year-old daughter Nas’tsjushan’ka and older daughter Tanjusha, Tsjerablichy 2015.  Спадарыня Тацьцяна з аднагадовай дачушкай Насьцюшанькай і старэйшай дачкой Танюшай, Цераблічы 2015 г. Tanjusha… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 18, 2015

Father Aljaksandr Nadson / Айцец Аляксандр Надсан

In honor of Father Aljaksandr Nadson (August 8, 1926 in Haradzjeja (now in the Njas’vizh District of central-western Belarus) – April 15, 2015 in London).  Greek-Catholic Apostolic Visitator for expatriate Belarusian Catholics.  A wonderful pastor and conscience of the Belarusian nation.  May he rest in peace. У гонар Айца Аляксандра Надсана (8 жніўня 1926 г.… Continue reading Father Aljaksandr Nadson / Айцец Аляксандр Надсан