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Patrimony of Lida District (part III).  Спадчына Лідчыны (частка ІІІ). Churches of Belarus (part LV):  Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God (1865-1869), Radzivonishki 2014. This photo is from a day-long survey of the patrimony of western Lida District and of Iuje District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 16, 2014

Belarus in Faces (part CXXX):  two-week-old Nas’tsjushan’ka (Anastasia), Tsjerablichy.  Беларусь у тварах (частка СХХХ):  Насьцюшанька, Цераблічы 2014 год. Nas’tsjushan’ka (Anastasia) was born in the early hours of January 7, Orthodox Christmas.  Very best wishes for health and happiness to her and her family. Belarusian, like other Slavic languages, uses a wealth of diminutives to describe… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 15, 2014

Belarus in Faces (part CXXIX):  Tsjerablichy 2014.  Беларусь у тварах (частка СХХІХ):  Цераблічы 2014 год.

Belarus in Faces (part CXXVIII):  Tsjerablichy 2014.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CXXVIII):  Цераблічы 2014 год.

Belarus in Faces (part CXXVII):  Azdamichy 2014.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CXXVII):  Аздамічы 2014 год.

Belarus in Faces (part CXXVI):  after the blessing of water for Vadokhryshcha (Orthodox feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany), Tsjerablichy 2014.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CXXVI):  пасьля асьвячэньня вады на Вадохрышча, Цераблічы 2014 год.

Belarus in Faces (part CXXV):  Azdamichy 2014.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CXXV):  Аздамічы 2014 год. The sanctity of an Orthodox service is enhanced by rhythms and gestures that believers have repeated for millennia, rhythms that express the moment (kronos) and yet hint at Appropriate Time (kairos).

In celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko, March 9, 1814. У гонар двухсоты дзень нараджэньня Тараса Шаўчэнкі, 9 сакавіка 1814 г. На честь двохсотий день народження Тараса Шевченка.  Слава Україні!  Підтримаємо вас.  Скільки боретеся за свою свободу, стільки боретеся за нашу свободу. І МЕРТВИМ, І ЖИВИМ, І… Continue reading Слава Україні!

Patrimony of Lida District (Part II).  Спадчына Лідчыны (частка ІІ).   Churches of Belarus (part LXXIV):  Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God (1865-66), Myto 2014. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка LXXIV):  царква Пакрова Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (1865-66 гг.), Мыто 2014 год.   These photos are from a day-long survey of the patrimony of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 9, 2014

Patrimony of Lida District (part II).  Спадчына Лідчыны (частка ІІ). Old barn, Myto 2014.  Стары хлеў, Мыто 2014 год. This photo is from a day-long survey of the patrimony of western Lida District and of Iuje District with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (БДТАПГК). Фота… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 8, 2014