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Evening Light in May from the Navahrudak-Mir Road 2001.  Травеньскі вечар з дарогі Навагрудак-Мір 2001 год. The Navahrudak area in central-western Belarus seems to have more expansive vistas and a more expansive sky, and certainly has a different light, that other areas of the country. This photo is from the years when a majority of… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 15, 2013

Radaunitsa (part III), Tsjerablichy New Cemetery 2011.  Радаўніца (частка ІІІ), новыя могілкі, Цераблічы 2011 год. Honoring the memory of one’s forefathers at specific times is a central element of Belarusian culture.  Families who have moved away from their home villages will travel back — sometimes long distances — to clean the family graves in time… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 14, 2013: Radaunitsa III / Радаўніца ІІІ

Radaunitsa (part II), Tsjerablichy Old Cemetery 2011.  Радаўніца (частка ІІ), старыя могілкі ў Цераблічах 2011 год. Radaunitsa, the main Belarusian rite of paying homage at the graves of one’s forefathers, falls on the ninth day after Orthodox Easter (thus May 14 in 2013).  Here, after an open-air liturgy and reading of names of the departed,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 13, 2013: Radaunitsa II / Радаўніца ІІ

Radaunitsa (part I), Azdamichy 2011.  Радаўніца (частка І), Аздамічы 2011 год. Radaunitsa is the main occasion among several during the year when Belarusians honor their forebears by cleaning the family graves and having them blessed by the parish priest.  The rite, which falls on the ninth day after Orthodox Easter (thus May 14 in 2013),… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 12, 2013: Radaunitsa І / Радаўніца І

Churches of Belarus (part XXXI):  Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit, Dvarets (Rahachouski District) 2012.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХХХI):  царква Сьвятога Духа, Дварэц (Рагачоўскі раён) 2012 год. The wooden church of Dvarets, built in the second half of the 19th century, originally stood in the village of Tsjelusha, about 20 kilometers to the west-southwest.  When… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 11, 2013

Morning Mist along the Mjensk-Lahojsk Highway, May 2001.  Уздоўж дарогі Менск-Лагойск, травень 2001 г.

Portraits of Polesia.  Партрэты Палесься. Kakorytsa 2007.  Какорыца 2007 год.  

Apple Orchard, Bikul’nichy by Lake Janava 2001.  Белая яблыня грому, Бікульнічы ля возера Янава 2001 год. Lake Janava is one of a chain of lakes south of Polatsak in the northern Belarusian region of Vitsjebsk. A few hundred yards from this orchard lie the remains of what has been called the Belarusian Stonehenge, a group… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 8, 2013

Poplar Trees in Early Spring, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2009.  Таполі ўвесну, Вялікае Малешава 2009 год. For several years the Belarusian authorities have aggressively and controversially cut down many roadside trees throughout the country.   Fortunately this stand of poplars has so far survived as a beacon along the Vjalikaje Maljeshava-Al’shany road in the Central Pripet area… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 7, 2013

Churches of Belarus (part XXX):  Orthodox Church of St. George (completed by 1724), Davyd-Haradok 2012.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХХХ):  царква Сьвятога Юр’я (дабудавана да 1724 г.), Давыд-Гарадок 2012 год. To celebrate the Orthodox feast of St. George, when villagers traditionally led their cows out to the fields for the first time in the year.  З… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 6, 2013