Photo of the Day for April 29, 2021

Orthodox “Carrying out of the Winding-Cloth” or Vynos Plashchanitsy (Вынос Плашчаніцы) during Holy Saturday Matins (Plashchanitsa).  Church of the Transfiguration, Astryna 2008. For the procession during the matins service the priest carries the icon of the Holy Shroud (Plashchanitsa) in a frame above his head.   Вынос Плашчаніцы пры ютрані.  Вялікая субота, царква Праабражэньня Гасподняга,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 29, 2021

Photos of the Day for June 4, 2019

Orthodox Holy Saturday matins and procession with the icon of the Winding Cloth (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2019. Вялікая субота, Аздамічы 2019 г.   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… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 4, 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)

Holy Saturday / Плашчаніца

Orthodox Holy Saturday Matins (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2015. To mark the death of Christ and his repose in the tomb, the priest sets up a temporary altar table toward the rear of the nave to symbolize Christ’s tomb.  The priest has a cloth icon spread out to cover the table.  Commemorating… Continue reading Holy Saturday / Плашчаніца