Consecration of new Orthodox cemetery chapel of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, Lenin 2019. VI/XIII. Асьвячэньне новай праваслаўнай могілкавай капліцы Ўзвышэньня Сьвятога Крыжа, Ленін 2019 г. VI/XIII. Consecration liturgy for new Orthodox cemetery chapel… Літургія для асьвячэньня новай капліцы… …and… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 31, 2019
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Photos of the Day for December 30, 2019
Consecration of new Orthodox cemetery chapel of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, Lenin 2019. V/XIII. Асьвячэньне новай праваслаўнай могілкавай капліцы Ўзвышэньня Сьвятога Крыжа, Ленін 2019 г. V/XIII. Arrival of Orthodox bishop of Turau and Mazyr Leanid and dressing in ceremonial vestments. Прыбыцьцё й перапрананьне епіскапа Тураўскага й мазырскага Леаніда на пачатку… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 30, 2019
Photos of the Day for December 29, 2019
Consecration of new Orthodox cemetery chapel of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, Lenin 2019. IV/XIII. Асьвячэньне новай праваслаўнай могілкавай капліцы Ўзвышэньня Сьвятога Крыжа, Ленін 2019 г. IV/XIII. Arrival of bishop of Turau and Mazyr Leanid. Прыбыцьцё епіскапа Тураўскага й мазырскага Леаніда. Father Dmitryj’s wife Valjantsina awaits the arrival… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 29, 2019
Photo of the Day for December 28, 2019
Consecration of new Orthodox cemetery chapel of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, Lenin 2019. III/XIII. Асьвячэньне новай праваслаўнай могілкавай капліцы Ўзвышэньня Сьвятога Крыжа, Ленін 2019 г. III/XIII. Awaiting the arrival of Orthodox bishop of the Turau and Mazyr eparchate Leanid. On the far left is Anton Astapovich, chairman of the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 28, 2019
Photos of the Day for December 27, 2019
Consecration of new Orthodox cemetery chapel of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, Lenin 2019. II/XIII. Асьвячэньне новай праваслаўнай могілкавай капліцы Ўзвышэньня Сьвятога Крыжа, Ленін 2019 г. II/XIII. Parishioners assembling. Збор прыхаджанаў. Selling votive candles. Продаж сьвечак. Choir singing during final preparations for… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 27, 2019
Photos of the Day for December 11, 2018
Oak grove, Borki (Zhytkavichy District) 2018. A beautiful open grove on the old flood plain of the Pripet (Prypjats’) River. Much of the grove remains intact today, although regional authorities scandalously cut down half-a-dozen or more oaks on the edge of the grove in 2012. Дуброўка, Боркі (Жыткавіцкі раён) 2018 г. II/II … Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 11, 2018
Photo of the Day for December 9, 2018
Autumn in southern Belarus: Buda (Zhytkavichy District) 2018. Палеская восень: Буда (Жыткавіцкі раён) 2018 г.
Photos of the Day for May 14, 2018
Spring flood, Vjeras’nitsa 2018. Веснавая паводка, Верасьніца 2018 г. This was a favorite springtime view until a new spasm of “amelioration” led to the construction of a dyke along the northern edge of Vjeras’nitsa (visible in the center of the first photo along the right-hand edge) and the annual flood seemed to be terminally… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 14, 2018
Photo of the Day for May 13, 2018
A favorite Polesian oak tree, with much of the field under water from 2018’s healthy spring flood in the Pripet (Prypjats’) Basin. Varonina 2018. Любімы палескі дуб пры веснавой паводцы. Вароніна 2018 г.
Photos of the Day for May 12, 2018
Spring flood on the Pripet (Prypjats’) River 2018. After several years of near drought, the Pripet basin of Polesia was once again blessed with a healthy spring flood, one whose volume recalled the ample floods of 2013 and 2008. These views give a hint of what the region looked forward to in spring for eons… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 12, 2018