Vespers on the eve of the patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2019. Вячэрня напярэдадні прастольнага сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2019 г. It is an Orthodox tradition to decorate the church entry and interior with birch branches for Holy Trinity. Традыцыйнае царкоўнае ўпрыгожаньне бярозавымі галінкамі на Тройцу.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 8, 2019
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Photo of the Day for August 8, 2019
Portraits of Polesia: Azdamichy 2019. Партрэты Палесься: Аздамічы 2019 г.
Photo of the Day for August 7, 2019
Portraits of Polesia: Azdamichy 2019. The bench (part XIX): what can seem more prosaic than the plain wooden bench in front of almost every village house in Belarus? And yet the bench is the pivot of social life, the gathering place of generations on a summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent observation post. The… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 7, 2019
Photo of the Day for August 6, 2019
Portraits of Polesia: summer in Azdamichy 2019. The potatoes are growing well; the yards and barns are neat and tidy; the storks are tending to their fledglings (owing to a prolonged dry spell and consequent dearth of frogs in this part of the Pripet Marshes, it has been extremely rare to see more than one… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 6, 2019
Photos of the Day for August 5, 2019
In memory of Mikalaj Rakavjets (December 4, 1931 – May 8, 2019) У памяць пра Мікалая Ракаўца (04.12.1931 – 08.05.2019) Mikalaj Rakavjets assisted at the church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy for more than 40 years. It was my great fortune to know him for 12 years from the time I began… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 5, 2019
Photo of the Day for June 24, 2019
Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г. Church procession. In the Orthodox Christian tradition the procession proceeds counterclockwise three times around the church. On the third circuit the procession stops at the four cardinal points for readings from the Gospels and blessing of the church and the congregation with… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 24, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 23, 2019
Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г. Children’s communion is also a point in the Orthodox liturgy when one can witness most directly the transmission of faith from generation to generation. Перадача веры ад пакаленьня пакаленьню падчас дзіцячага прычасьця таксама дае натхненьне й надзею.
Photos of the Day for June 22, 2019
Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г. On Esster Monday one witnesses the transmission of faith is the most direct way when parents or grandparents lift their children or grandchildren to kiss the Artos (special Easter bread symbolizing the resurrection; the loaf is placed in the center of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 22, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 21, 2019
Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г. Candles play an important role in Orthodox Christian services. Tending the candle holders is a key task, carried out by laymen, and attention is given to having children begin to take responsibility at an early age for minding the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 21, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 20, 2019
Censing the altar and the iconostasis, Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Абкурваньне алтара й іканастаса, Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.