Photo of the Day for November 15, 2011: Apple-Blessing Feast V / Яблычны Спас V

Apple-Blessing feast (part V), Azdamichy 2011.  Яблычны Спас (частка V), Аздамічы 2011 год.

The Orthodox Apple-Blessing feast on August 19 is one of the most important church services in Azdamichy’s cycle of the year.  Here parishioners rest in the churchyard during the break in the five-hour service.  Hanging behind them are bags and baskets of the season’s first apples and pears, which Father Aljaksandr will bless at the end of the service.

See also posts for October 31, November 3-4, and November 14, 2011.  Гл. таксама фотаздымкі з 31 кастрычніка, 3-4 лістападу й 14 лістападу 2011 года.