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Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (IV/VI).  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (IV/VI). Former estate of the Slats’vinski (Slatvinski) family, Ravanichy 2015.  The mid-19th-century residence was burned during the Second World War, reconstructed in 1952, and used as a hospital until the beginning of the 1990s.  Now abandoned, the building has suffered significant damage. Былая сядзіба Слацьвінскіх (Слатвінскіх),… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 17, 2015

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (III/VI).  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (III/VI). Churches of Belarus (part LXXXVIII):  ruins of the Roman Catholic church of St. Anthony of Padua (built 1799 by the Slats’vinski family), Ravanichy 2015.  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка LXXXVIII):  руіны касьцёла Сьв. Антонія Падуанскага, Раванічы 2015 г. Of note are the rustic but finely-shaped Ionic capitals… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 16, 2015

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (II/VI).  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (II/VI). Belarus in Faces (part CXLVIII):  Pjatro, Ravanichy 2015.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CXLVIII):  спадар Пятро, Раванічы 2015 г.

Photo expedition to Chervjen’ District (I/VI):  ruins of estate distillery, Valaduta 2015.  Фотавандроўка па Чэрвеньшчыне (I/VI):  руіны сядзібнай вінакурні, Валадута 2015 г. The ruins have further degraded, including loss of more roof timbers, since the photo on the Belarusian heritage site Radzima.org (http://www.radzima.org/be/miesca/valaduta.html) was taken in 2010.

Ash Wednesday (V/V).  Папялец (Папяльцовая серада) (V/V). Homeward bound after imposition of ashes and Mass, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. Дахаты пасьля пасыпаньня попелем ды сьвятой Імшы, Каменная Горка 2015 г.

Ash Wednesday (IV/V).  Папялец (Папяльцовая серада) (IV/V). Blessing of crosses, church of the Mother of God of Budslau, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. Асьвячэньне крыжоў, касьцёл Маці Божай Будслаўскай, Каменная Горка (Менск) 2015 г.

Ash Wednesday (III/V).  Папялец (III/V). Belarus in Faces (part CXLVII):  at the end of Mass on Ash Wednesday, church of the Mother of God of Budslau, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. Беларусь у тварах (частка CXLVII):  напрыканцы сьв. Імшы з нагоды Папяльца (Папяльцовай серады), касьцёл Маці Божай Будслаўскай, Каменная Горка (Менск) 2015 г.

Ash Wednesday (II/V):  celebration of the Eucharist, church of the Mother of God of Budslau, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. Папялец (Папяльцовая серада) (II/V):  сьвятая Камунія, касьцёл Маці Божай Будслаўскай, Каменная Горка (Менск) 2015 г.

Ash Wednesday (I/V), Church of the Mother of God of Budslau, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. I rarely photograph in Mjensk or other of Belarus’ large cities.  However, having heard of the vibrancy and dedication of the parish of the Mother of God of Budslau, I decided to attend Ash Wednesday Mass there.  Father Frants (Frantsishak)… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 9, 2015

Churches of Belarus (part LXXXVII):  Roman Catholic church of the Mother of God of Budslau, Kamjennaja Horka (Mjensk) 2015. Fifteen years of intensive development has turned Kamjennaja Horka from a peaceful grouping of houses on the outskirts of Mjensk into one of the capital’s largest housing estates.  Amid the ranks of mammoth apartment blocs, one’s… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 8, 2015