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Feast of Holy Trinity (part II), Azdamichy 2012.  Сьвяток Сьвятой Тройцы (частка ІI), Аздамічы 2012 год. Here a mother lifts her daughter to kiss the icon in the center of the nave before lining up for children’s communion.

Feast of Holy Trinity (part I), Azdamichy 2012.  Сьвяток Сьвятой Тройцы (частка І), Аздамічы 2012 год. The parish of the Holy Trinity in the central Pripet villages of Azdamichy and Tsjerablichy celebrates Trinity over three days, holding its annual name-day feast on Trinity Tuesday, thus June 25 in 2013.  For this feast parish priest Father… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 23, 2013: Orthodox Trinity / Тройца

Orthodox Trinity Sunday (June 23 in 2013).  Тройца. In a tradition with deep pre-Christian roots, Orthodox Belarusans mark the feast of Trinity by spreading marsh reeds in the entryway and throughout their home as well as in front of their parish church and in the nave.  In pre-Christian times this tradition celebrated the greening of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 22, 2013: Orthodox Trinity / Тройца

Making prastakvasha (clabber), Psuja 2007.  У чаканьні прастаквашы, Псуя 2007 год.

Visitation of the Image of Jesus the Merciful (part VI), Kamjen’ 2009.  Візітацыя абразу Езуса Міласэрнага (частка VI), Камень 2009 год. In 1991 the parishioners of Kamjen’ built a new church with their own resources and hands to replace the XVII century wooden church burned down in 1944. Adoration of the image.

Visitation of the Image of Jesus the Merciful (part V), Kamjen’ 2009.  Візітацыя абразу Езуса Міласэрнага (частка V), Камень 2009 год. The village of Kamjen’ (“Stone”), named after a giant boulder carried there during one of the Ice Ages, lies on the edge of the Nalibaki Wilderness (Nalibotskaja pushcha – Налібоцкая пушча) about 45 miles… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 19, 2013

Visitation of the Image of Jesus the Merciful (parts III-IV), Kamjen’ 2009.  Візітацыя абразу Езуса Міласэрнага (часткі ІII-IV), Камень 2009 год. The village of Kamjen’ (“Stone”), named after a giant boulder carried there during one of the Ice Ages, lies on the edge of the Nalibaki Wilderness (Nalibotskaja pushcha – Налібоцкая пушча) about 45 miles… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 18, 2013

Preparing for the Visitation of the Image of Jesus the Merciful (part II), Kamjen’ 2009.  Візітацыя абразу Езуса Міласэрнага (частка ІI), Камень 2009 год. The village of Kamjen’ (“Stone”), named after a giant boulder carried there during one of the Ice Ages, lies on the edge of the Nalibaki Wilderness (Nalibotskaja pushcha – Налібоцкая пушча)… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 17, 2013

Preparing for the Visitation of the Image of Jesus the Merciful (part I), Kamjen’ 2009.  Візітацыя абразу Езуса Міласэрнага (частка І), Камень 2009 год. Currently the relics of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus are on a cycle of visitations to parishes throughout Belarus.  Simultaneously, and in preparation  for the upcoming 400th anniversary of the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 16, 2013

Pals, Il’lja 2012.  Сябры, Ільля 2012 год. Il’lja, a friendly village of about 1900 people, lies 45 miles north of Mjensk on the route to the Blue Lakes.   It is always a pleasure to stop at Il’lja’s roadside farm stands to banter with the vendors and to buy their fresh eggs, creamy raw milk, summer… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 15, 2013