Holy Week and Eastertide in Polesia (I/XII). Страсны (русальны) тыдзень і сьветлы тыдзень на Палесьсі (I/XII). Orthodox Holy Saturday 2018. Lamentation at the Tomb (Plashchanitsa — Плашчаніца) and Annunciation (Dabravjeshchan’nje — Дабравешчаньне), Tsjerablichy and Azdamichy 2018. Whenever Orthodox Easter falls on April 8, as in 2018, then Holy Saturday, April 7, coincides with the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 19, 2018
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Photos of the Day for April 12, 2018
Patronal feast of the Resurrection of the Lord, Tsjerablichy 2017 (III/VII). Tsjerablichy’s church of the Resurrection celebrates its patronal feast on Easter Tuesday. In 2017 priests from surrounding parishes presided in the absence of Tsjerablichy’s Father Vital’. Parishioners from the next-door parish of Azdamichy also attended. Прастольнае сьвята Ўваскрасеньня Гасподняга, Цераблічы 2017 г. (III/VII). У… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 12, 2018
Photos of the Day for April 11, 2018
Patronal feast of the Resurrection of the Lord, Tsjerablichy 2017 (II/VII). Tsjerablichy’s church of the Resurrection celebrates its patronal feast on Easter Tuesday. In 2017 priests from surrounding parishes presided in the absence of Tsjerablichy’s Father Vital’. Parishioners from the next-door parish of Azdamichy also attended. Прастольнае сьвята Ўваскрасеньня Гасподняга, Цераблічы 2017 г. (II/VII). У… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 11, 2018
Photos of the Day for April 10, 2018
Patronal feast of the Resurrection of the Lord, Tsjerablichy 2017 (I/VII). Tsjerablichy’s church of the Resurrection celebrates its patronal feast on Easter Tuesday. In 2017 priests from surrounding parishes presided in the absence of Tsjerablichy’s Father Vital’. Прастольнае сьвята Ўваскрасеньня Гасподняга, Цераблічы 2017 г. (I/VII). У адсутнасьці айца Віталя, сьвятары з суседніх прыходаў узначальвалі службу.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 10, 2018
Orthodox Holy Saturday / Вялікая субота (Плашчаніца)
Orthodox Holy Saturday Matins (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2016. To mark the death of Christ and his repose in the tomb, the priest sets up a temporary altar table, an altar of repose (the symbolic tomb of Christ), toward the rear of the nave. The priest — Father Aljaksandr in Azdamichy —… Continue reading Orthodox Holy Saturday / Вялікая субота (Плашчаніца)
Photos of the Day for February 18, 2018
Orthodox feast of the Circumcision of the Lord (January 14), Azdamichy 2018. Сьвята Абрэзаньня Гасподняга (14 студзеня), Аздамічы 2018 г.
Photos of the Day for February 13, 2018
One-year wake (paminki – памінкі) for Maryja Mal’tsjevich. Tsjerablichy 2018. After a memorial service in church and visit to the grave, family members host a ritual meal in the home where the deceased died. The paminki cycle can include up to seven ritual meals at set intervals over the year following burial. These photos show… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 13, 2018
Photos of the Day for February 12, 2018
Paying respects at the grave of Maryja Mal’tsjevich for the one-year anniversary of her death. Tsjerablichy 2018. After the memorial service in the church, family and friends of the deceased visit the grave to close out the one-year period of mourning. Вечная памяць: памінкі па Марыі Мальцевіч на гадавіне яе сьмерці. Цераблічы 2018 г. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 12, 2018
Photos of the Day for February 11, 2018
Rest in peace: memorial service (panikhida – паніхіда) for Maryija Mal’tsjevich on the one-year anniversary of her death. Tsjerablichy 2018. Сьветлая памяць: паніхіда па Марыі Мальцевіч на гадавіне яе сьмерці. Цераблічы 2018 г.
Photos of the Day for January 19, 2018
Feast of the Theophany (Vadokhryshcha), Azdamichy 2016. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox liturgical cycle. In marking the baptism of Christ, Vadokhryshcha commemorates the Theophany, the Orthodox Christian equivalent of Western Christian Epiphany (January 6). Thus the blessing of water, in remembrance of Christ’s baptism, celebrates… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 19, 2018