Photos of the Day for May 3, 2019

Dubaj (Stolin District) 2018. Дубай (Столінскі раён) 2018 г.     Traditional house decorations:  sun symbol on gable and decorative window frames (lishtvy). Узоры традыцыйнага хатняга ўпрыгожаньня: сімвал сонца на шчыце ды ліштвы.         Crosses of Belarus (part CVII) and the beginning of the Dubaj-Dubjenjets road with what in Belarus is a… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 3, 2019

Orthodox Holy Saturday (Plashchanitsa) / Вялікая субота (Плашчаніца)

Orthodox Holy Saturday Matins (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2018. 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 (Plashchanitsa) / Вялікая субота (Плашчаніца)

Photos of the Day for April 7, 2019

Orthodox feast of the Annunciation (April 7).  Azdamichy 2018. The fixed-date feast of the Annunciation is one of the 12 great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical cycle. Дабравешчаньне Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (7 красавіка).  Аздамічы 2018 г. Нерухомае сьвята Дабравешчаньня адно з 12 галоўных сьвятаў у царкоўным літургічным каляндары.             In… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 7, 2019

Photo of the Day for April 6, 2019

Polesian spring:  Tsjerablichy 2018. Neat-as-a-pin yard with beehives. Палеская вясна: Цераблічы 2018 г. Парадак на двары й у пчальніку.  

Photos of the Day for February 24, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  blessing of houses after the Orthodox feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Azdamichy 2019. Партрэты Палесься: асьвячэньне хат пасьля Вадохрышча, Аздамічы 2019 г.     Palina with her three grandsons. Паліна з ўнукамі.         Vasil’ and Vol’ha with their two sons (acolytes in the church). Васіль і Вольга… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 24, 2019