Photos of the Day for July 28, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (VII/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 28, 2019

Photos of the Day for July 27, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (VI/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 27, 2019

Photos of the Day for July 26, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (V/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 26, 2019

Photos of the Day for July 25, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (IV/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 25, 2019

Photo of the Day for July 23, 2019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (II/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 23, 2019

Photo of the Day for May 26, 2017

Belarus in Faces (part CCXIX):  feast of the Ascension, Dzjerkaushchyna 2014. Беларусь у тварах (частка CCXIX):  Унебаўшэсьця, Дзеркаўшчына 2014 г.  

Photos of the Day for May 20, 2016

Photo expedition in Hlybokaje and Sharkaushchyna Districts.  Фотаэкспедыцыя па Глыбоцкім і Шаркаўшчынскім раёнах.   Former estate of the Mol’li family “Dvor Zales’sje” 2016.  Былая сядзіба Мольляў “Двор Залесьсе“ 2016 г.     Horse stable:  a fine example of late 19th-century/early 20th-century brick construction.  Стаўня.       Estate building.  Note the woodwork around the second-floor… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 20, 2016