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Vadokhryshcha (feast of the Theophany), Azdamichy 2014.  Father Aljaksandr blesses large containers of water from which parishioners will draw water after the service to take home as protection for their health and for their home.  He then circles the nave to bless containers of water which parishioners have brought with them. Асьвячэньне вады, Вадохрышча, Аздамічы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 18, 2015

Vadokhryshcha (Theophany), Azdamichy 2014.  Father Aljaksandr censes the icon placed on a table in the middle of the nave. Вадохрышча, Аздамічы 2014 г. Vadokhryshcha, celebrated January 19, is the great feast of the Theophany, the Orthodox Christian equivalent of Western Christian Epiphany (January 6).  Emphasizing the blessing of water in remembrance of the baptism of… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 17, 2015

Vadokhryshcha, Azdamichy 2012.  Вадохрышча, Аздамічы 2012 г. Vadokhryshcha, celebrated January 19, is the great feast of the Theophany, the Orthodox Christian equivalent of Western Christian Epiphany (January 6).  Emphasizing the blessing of water in remembrance of the baptism of Christ, this Orthodox feast commemorates the first clear appearance of the Trinity (God revealing Himself through… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 16, 2015

Winter in Polesia:  Tsjerablichy-Machul’ Road 2012.  Палесьсе ўзімку:  дарога Цераблічы-Мачуль 2012 г.

Winter in Polesia:  Tsjerablichy 2012.  Палесьсе ўзімку:  Цераблічы 2012 г.

Winter in Polesia, Tsjerablichy 2012.  Палесьсе ўзімку, Цераблічы 2012 г.

Winter in Polesia:  straining fresh milk, Tsjerablichy 2014. Fewer and fewer people keep their own cows; those who do are rewarded twice a day with one of nature’s tastiest gifts. Палесьсе ўзімку:  сьвежае малако, Цераблічы 2014 г.

Churches of Belarus.  It is highly unusual for a Belarusian town of the size of Ivjanjets (4320 inhabitants in 2009) to have two functioning Roman Catholic churches, let alone of such high architectural merit. Касьцёлы Беларусі. Churches of Belarus (part LXXX):  Roman Catholic church of St. Andrew, Ivjanjets 2014 (completed 1907).  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка LXXX): … Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 11, 2015

Photo excursion to the Ivjanjets area, 40 miles west-southwest of Mjensk.  Фотавандроўка на Івянеччыну. Zhabrouski Family Chapel (with grave of leading Belarusian playwright and national revivalist Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkjevich), Tupal’shchyna 2014. Капліца-пахавальня Жаброўскіх з магілай Вінцэнта Дуніна-Марцінкевіча, Тупальшчына 2014 г.

Photo excursion to the Ivjanjets area, 40 miles west-southwest of Mjensk:  oak tree near Kijavjets 2014. Фотавандроўка па Івянеччыне:  дуб пад в. Кіявец 2014 г.