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All-night Easter service.  Усяночная пасхальная служба. After the proclamation of Christ’s resurrection and procession around the church at midnight, Father Aljaksandr says a blessing before re-entering the church to conduct the all-night Easter liturgy.  One of his three sons, holding a candle, faces Father Aljaksandr. Church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy, Easter 2012.  Царква Сьвятой… Continue reading Orthodox Easter / Праваслаўны Вялікдзень

Blessing of Bread for Orthodox Easter, Holy Saturday, Azdamichy 2012.  Асьвячэньне кулічоў для цераблюкоў і цераблічанак у Вялікую Суботу, Аздамічы 2012 год. The parish of Azdamichy’s church of the Holy Trinity in the central Pripet area of Polesia still incorporates the neighboring village of Tsjerablichy, although Tsjerablichy has now started to build its own church.… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 4, 2013

Column in Honor of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s Constitution of May 3, 1791, Hlybokaje 2012.  Калона ў гонар Канстытуцыі 3 траўня 1791 г., Глыбокае 2012 год. Columns in honor of the enlightened Constitution of May 3, 1791, the first constitution in Europe and the second in the world after the U.S. Constitution, were put up in… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 3, 2013

Pals, Tsjerablichy 2011.  Сябры, Цераблічы 2011 год. The past two years this band of kids has greeted me with great gusto each time I arrive in Tsjerablichy.

Interior Light (part XXIII):  Making Halubtsy, Tsjerablichy 2012.  Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне (частка ХХІІІ):  як гатуюцца смачныя галубцы, Цераблічы 2012 год. With her hands in seemingly effortless movement, Mrs. Pjetrusjevich makes the best halubtsy (cabbage stuffed with ground meat).  Галубцы спадарыні Каці – смакатааа.

Early Spring, Azdamichy 2012.  Ранняя вясна, Аздамічы 2012 год. Fixing or replacing a fence is one of the first tasks villagers undertake in early spring.  It’s always a pleasure to see the pride and care homeowners take in keeping their wooden fences in good order.

Delicious cakes for an April wedding.  Смачныя торты для красавіковага вясельля. Tsjerablichy 2012.  Цераблічы 2012.

Churches of Belarus (part XXIX):  cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mjensk 2013.  Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка ХХІХ):  архікатэдра Імя Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі, Менск 2013 год.

Portraits of Polesia, Kudrychy 2007.  Партрэты з Палесься, Кудрычы 2007 год. These men were taking a short break from chopping wood during an early spring afternoon.  

April Evening, Mjensk 2001.  Вечар у красавіку, Менск 2001 год. The glow of mid-April light in Belarus brings one a sense of calm:  dawn is now much earlier and the evening light lingers longer each day; the tail end of winter is now definitely behind one. A photo from 2001.  Given the type of development… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 26, 2013