Tag: Гомельшчына

Photo of the Day for May 11, 2018

Crosses of Belarus (part LXXXI):  roadside cross, Borki (Zhytkavichy District) 2018. Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXXXI): прыдарожны крыж, Боркі (Жыткавіцкі раён) 2018 г.  

Photo of the Day for April 17, 2018

Spring flood in Polesia:  Vjeras’nitsa 2017. The annual spring flood, essential for the replenishment of nutrients in the soil and a perfect environment for storks, no longer reaches everywhere it should owing to the pernicious effects of decades of Soviet and current “amelioration” of the marshlands. Веснавая паводка на Палесьсі: Верасьніца 2017 г.  

Photo of the Day for January 23, 2018

Polesia in winter:  Varonina 2017. Палесьсе ўзімку: Вароніна 2017 г.        

Photo of the Day for January 12, 2018

Polesia in winter:  oak tree, Buda (Zhytkavichy District) 2017. Палесьсе ўзімку: дубы, Буда (Жыткавіцкі р.) 2017 г.    

Photo of the Day for May 14, 2017

Spring flood in Polesia, Veras’nitsa 2017. The 2017 spring flood in the Pripet (Prypjats’ – Прыпяць) watershed has been ample in contrast to the much drier springs of the past three years. Палеская паводка, Верасьніца 2017 г. Нягледзячы на “меліярацыйныя“ праекты апошных гадоў  — у тым ліку новыя дамбы — прыемна было бачыць досіць высокую… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 14, 2017

Orthodox Christmas / Раство Хрыстова

Christ is born!   Make glad, O you righteous! Greatly rejoice, O heavens! Dance for joy, O mountains; for Christ is born! The virgin has become like the cherubic throne. She carries at her bosom God the Word, made flesh. Shepherds glorify the newborn child. Wise men offer the master gifts. Angels praise Him and… Continue reading Orthodox Christmas / Раство Хрыстова