Photo of the Day for September 1, 2013

Churches of Belarus (part XLII):  Orthodox Church of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God (mid 18th-century), Arepichy 2013.  Цэрквы Беларусі (частка XLII): царква Покрыва Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (XVIII ст.), Арэпічы 2013 год.

It is a localized custom in parts of the western Polesian area around Zhabinka to create a pantheon of memorials in churchyards.  The churchyard in Arepichy contains one of these pantheons.

У Арэпічах цудоўны прыклад пантэёну на царкоўным двары.

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