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Christ is risen!  Happy Easter!  Хрыстус з мёртвых устаў!  Са сьвятам!   Easter morning procession, Iuje 2013.  Велікодная працэсія, Іўе 2013 г.      

Pietà:  Dubok (Astravjets District) 2014.  Аплакваньне Хрыста:  Дубок (Астравецкі раён) 2014 г. A rare example of painting under glass.  Рэдкі прыклад жывапісу пад шклом.

Matyki (Mjadzjel’ District) 2008.  Матыкі (Мядзельскі раён) 2008 г. John 19:17-18 [17] And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: [18] Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. Паводле… Continue reading Good Friday / Вялікая пятніца Мукі Пана

To commemorate Holy Thursday:  Mass of the Chrism, Vitsjebsk 2007.  З нагоды Вялікага чацьвергу:  Сьвятая Імша Хрызма, Віцебск 2007 г. Bishops of the Roman Catholic church consecrate holy oil (chrism) in a mass attended by the presbyterium of the diocese, usually on Holy Thursday. Uladzislau Blin, then-bishop of the diocese of Vitsjebsk, consecrates the chrism… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 2, 2015

Photo Expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (VII/IX).  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўшчыне 2015 г. (VII/IX). Churches of Belarus (part XCII):  Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dzjeraunaja 2015.  Completed in 1630 (bell-tower later XVIIth-century), this church is one of the best examples of fortress-type church architecture to have survived in Belarus. Касьцёлы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 1, 2015

Photo Expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (VI/IX).  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўшчыне 2015 г. (VI/IX). Churches of Belarus (part XCI):  ruins of Orthodox (built as Greek Catholic) cemetery chapel of 1777, Najdzjonavichy 2015.  See photo of the day for March 19, 2015 for similar example of neglected and disappearing national patrimony. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХСІ):  руіны праваслаўнай… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 31, 2015

Photo Expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (part V/IX).  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўшчыне 2015 г. (частка V/IX). Belarusian homesteads (part VIII).    Беларускі хутар (частка VIII). Western Belarus is an area still heavily dotted with homesteads (khutar – хутар).  Homesteads were created during the land reform of 1923-26 while these lands were part of the interwar Polish Republic. … Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 30, 2015

Photo Expedition to Stoubtsy District (IV/IX):  Rubjazhevichy 2015.  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўшчыне (IV/IX):  Рубяжэвічы 2015 г. Historic house covered in plastic siding.  House owners face high maintenance and restoration costs.  There is also a lack of master restorers in Belarus.  One thus understands that some owners of historic buildings decide to use modern materials.  However, it… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 29, 2015

Photo expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (III/IX).  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўшчыне 2015 г. (ІІІ/ІХ). Churches of Belarus (part XC):  Orthodox church of St. George, Slabodka 2015. This is an outstanding and rare example of Belarusian late 19th-century wooden churches in a proto-Art Nouveau style. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХС):  царква Сьвятога Георгія, Слабодка 2015 г.  Гэтая царква… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 28, 2015

Photo expedition to Stoubtsy District 2015 (II/IX):  Rochavichy.  Фотавандроўка па Стаўбцоўскім раёне 2015 г. (ІІ/ІХ):  Рочавічы. Churches of Belarus (part LXXXIX):  Roman Catholic church of the Mother of God of Czestochowa, Rochavichy.  This church exemplifies how the Roman Catholic church in Belarus has worked steadily and nobly to rebuild parishes shattered under the Soviet system… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 27, 2015