Photos of the Day for July 30, 2017

St. Nicholas is highly venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy and churches in Belarus celebrate two feast days (Mikola — Мікола) in his honor:  spring Mikola on May 22 to mark the translation of his relics from Lycia in Asia Minor to Bari in 1087 and winter Mikola on December 19 to celebrate his working of wonders.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 30, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 14, 2017

Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (V/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Сьвятога апостала Яна Багаслова, Вялікае Малешава 2017… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 14, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 13, 2017

Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (IV/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Сьвятога апостала Яна Багаслова, Вялікае Малешава 2017… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 13, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 8, 2017

Sunday Mattins, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2017. Ютрань, царква Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2017 г.        

Photos of the Day for February 1, 2017

Orthodox Christmas service (January 7), Azdamichy 2017. Сьвята Раства Хрыстовага, Аздамічы 2017 г.     Blessing the icon of the Nativity. Асьвячэньне абраза Раства Хрыстовага.     Lighting candles. Запальваньне сьвечак.     Anointing with holy oil. Памазаньне.  

Photos of the Day for January 26, 2017

Orthodox Christmas eve (kuts’tsja — куцьця) in Polesia (II/VII).  Tsjerablichy 2017. Preparation of porridge (kuts’tsja) from rice. Посная куцьця на Палесьсі (II/VII).  Цераблічы 2017 г. Прыгатаваньне поснай куцьці з рысу.              

Photos of the Day for January 17, 2017

Eastern Orthodox great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (V/V):  portraits.  Azdamichy, December 4, 2016. Праваслаўнае вялікае сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (V/V):  партрэты.  Аздамічы, 4 сьнежня 2016 г.  

Photos of the Day for January 15, 2017

Eastern Orthodox great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (III/V):  liturgy.  Azdamichy, December 4, 2016. Праваслаўнае вялікае сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (III/V): літургія.  Аздамічы, 4 сьнежня 2016 г.    

Photos of the Day for January 13, 2017

Eastern Orthodox great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (I/V).  Azdamichy, December 4, 2016. The Entry into the Temple is one of the 12 great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar. Праваслаўнае вялікае сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (I/V).  Аздамічы, 4 сьнежня 2016 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 13, 2017

Photos of the Day for January 10, 2017

Vespers on the eve of the December 4 great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (II/III).  Tsjerablichy 2016. Вячэрня напярэдадні вялікага сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (II/III).  Цераблічы 2016 г.     Hard-working hands, for a moment still and folded properly at the anointing with… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 10, 2017