Tag: Аздамічы

Photos of the Day for October 8, 2016

Feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing Feast – Jablychny Spas) 2016. This year marked the tenth time in a row I have had the good fortune to celebrate the August 19 Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing Feast – Jablychny Spas) with the parishioners of the church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy.  It was also… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 8, 2016

Photos of the Day for June 3, 2015

Eastertide Portraits.  Велікодныя партрэты. Ivan, one of Il’lja’s godfathers, holds his two-month-old godson toward the end of the christening.  Easter Monday, Azdamichy 2015.  Спадар Іван трымае свайго двухмесячнага хросніка Ільлю на прыканцы хрышчзньня. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2015 г.         Godfathers and relatives after the christening.  Хросныя бацькі й сваякі пасьля хрышчэньня.  

Photos of the Day for April 13, 2015

Easter Monday (Bright Monday) children’s liturgy and communion, Azdamichy 2014.  Дзіцячая літургія ды прычасьце ў Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2014 г.             Homeward-bound after church service.  Дахаты пасьля службы.  

Photo of the Day for August 5, 2014

Photograph from the exhibition “Revelation (Njerush)”, August 3-September 2 at the Belarusan Orthodox church of St. Cyril of Turau, 401 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Фатаграфія з выставы “Неруш“, с 3 жніўня па 2 верасень у залі царквы Сьв. Кірылы Тураўскага, 401 Атлянтык Авэню, Бруклін, Нью-Ёрк.     Waiting for children’s communion, Easter Monday (Bright… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 5, 2014

Photo of the Day for June 7, 2014

Kissing the special Easter bread at the end of the Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014. In a plain and profound profession of faith — and of determination to pass on that faith — a grandmother firmly and lovingly lifts her grandson to kiss the special Easter bread. Цалаваньне пасхальнага куліча (артаса) напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 7, 2014

Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014

After children’s communion, Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014.  Here parents and grandparents line up with their children and grandchildren to kiss the cross held by Father Aljaksandr.  Parishioners kiss the cross to remind themselves of Christ’s sacrifice and to receive the strength of the triumph over death that the cross represents. Напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014

Photos of the Day for June 5, 2014

Children’s Communion, Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014.  Giving of communion to baptized infants and children is standard practice in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches. Дзіцячае прычасьце ў Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2014 год.    

Photos of the Day for June 4, 2014

Belarus in Faces (part CXXXVI):  Children’s Communion Service, Easter Monday, Azdamichy 2014. Беларусь у тварах (частка CXXXVI):  Дзіцячае прычасьце ў Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2014 г.