Liturgy and children’s communion: patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2018.
Літургія й дзіцячае прычасьце: прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, царква Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2018 г.
Blessing of the church and parishioners (khadzhen’nje – хаджэньне).
The priest, in this case Father Vital’, son of Azdamichy’s priest Father Aljaksandr, circumambulates the nave, censing both the sanctuary and the parishioners.
Хаджэньне выконвае айцец Віталь, сын сьвятара ў Аздамічах айца Аляксандра.
During the liturgy. In the second photo note the birch branch in the window. Orthodox Christians decorate their churches with birch branches at Trinity as a symbol of the life-giving and regenerative power of the Holy Spirit. At the same time, in the region including the Belarusian lands the birch has been a symbol of nubility and fertility from deep in the pre-Christian era.
На працягу літургіі.
Awaiting children’s communion.
У чаканьні дзіцячага прычасьця.
Children’s communion.
Дзіцячае прычасьце.
