Feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany (Vadokhryshcha – Вадохрышча), Azdamichy 2020. 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)… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 21, 2020
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Photos of the Day for February 19, 2020
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
Photos of the Day for November 10, 2019
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), August 19, 2019. It has been a great blessing to celebrate the Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing Feast – Jablychny Spas) for thirteen years in a row with the parishioners of the church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy. This was also the fifth… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 10, 2019