Blessing the Host (Prosphora), vespers on the eve of the great Orthodox feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany (Vadokhryshcha), Tsjerablichy 2020. The Eastern Orthodox January 19 feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany corresponds to western Christian Epiphany; thus the vespers on January 18 is the Orthodox equivalent of Twelfth Night elebrations in western Christian confessions. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 19, 2020
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Photos of the Day for February 5, 2020
Patrimony of vernacular architecture in Polesia (Pripet Marshes): conservation, loss, change. Спадчына народнага дойлідства на Палесьсі: ахова, страта, зьмена. Well-preserved barn with thatched roof, Machul’ 2019. Unlike in Poland or western Europe, in Belarus there is little interest in maintaining or reviving the country’s once-rich patrimony of thatched roofs. It is thus inspiring… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 5, 2020
Photos of the Day for February 4, 2020
Traditional small-holder farming in Polesia (Pripet Marshes). Tsjerablichy 2019. Традыцыйнае фермерства на Палесьсі. Цераблічы 2019 г. Shucking corn. Чыстка пачаткаў (“кіяхаў“) Misha’s beekeeping implements. Мішавы пчалярскія інструменты.
Photo of the Day for January 30, 2020
Portraits of Polesia: Mats’vjej and his younger brother Jelisjej. Tsjerablichy 2019. Партрэты Палесься: Мацьвей з малодшым братам Елісеем. Цераблічы 2019 г.
Photo of the Day for January 27, 2020
Polesian autumn. Tsjerablichy 2019. Палеская восень. Цераблічы 2019 г.
Photos of the Day for January 26, 2020
Traditional Polesian autumn feast at Vjerka’s. Tsjerablichy 2019. Палеская восеньская смаката ў Веркі. Цераблічы 2019 г.
Photos of the Day for January 19, 2020
Feast of the Theophany (Vadokhryshcha – Вадохрышча), Tsjerablichy 2019. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox Christian liturgical cycle. Vadokhryshcha commemorates both the baptism of the Lord and the Theophany. With its focus on baptism and water, Vadokhryshcha corresponds to Western Christian Epiphany (January 6) as Epiphany… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 19, 2020
Happy Birthday to Great-Granny Prosja! / З днём народзінаў, бабуля Прося!
Prosja (Eufrasin’nja) Shpakjevich was born January 14, 1918. Today, on her 102nd birthday we send very best wishes for happiness, good health and another successful harvest. Another hundred years! Бабуля Прося нарадзілася 14 студзеня 1918 г. Сёньня віншуем яе з нагоды 102-а дня нараджэньня ды жадаем добрага здароўя, шчасьця й далейшага плёну. Яшчэ сто гадоў!… Continue reading Happy Birthday to Great-Granny Prosja! / З днём народзінаў, бабуля Прося!
Photos of the Day for November 19, 2019
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Tsjerablichy, August 19, 2019. After blessing parishioners’ apples, Father Vital’ made the customary third circuit of the church for the kissing of the cross. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Цераблічы 2019 г. Цалаваньне крыжа пасьля асьвячэньня яблыкаў. Visible in the background are parishioners… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 19, 2019
Photos of the Day for November 18, 2019
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Tsjerablichy, August 19, 2019. The traditional break in the service in Azdamichy gave me the opportunity to drive to Tsjerablichy to photograph children’s communion at the end of the liturgy and then the blessing of apples and other fruit in the churchyard. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 18, 2019