Photo of the Day for August 12, 2011: Mats’vjej’s Christening III / Хрышчэньне Мацьвейка ІІІ

Mats’vjejka’s Christening III, Azdamichy 2011.  Хрышчэньне Мацьвейка (частка ІІІ), Аздамічы 2011 год.

Here Father Aljaksandr clips strands of hair from four places (representing the four points of the cross) on Mats’vejka’s head.  The hair will be placed in a paper cone to be fastened to the back of an icon which Mats’vjejka’s Godparents purchase to mark his christening.

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