Tag: дахрысьціянскія абрады

Photos of the Day for February 6, 2018

Portraits of Polesia:  Old New Year’s Eve (January 13), Tsjerablichy 2018. Families wrap their fruit trees with straw rings in an ancient New Year’s Eve appeal for a bounteous harvest. Партрэты Палесься: абрады з нагоды Шчадрэца, Цераблічы 2018 г. “Каб шчадрылі.“          

Photos of the Day for April 25, 2017

Eastertide rites in Belarus:  Radaunitsa (Радаўніца) — one of the most important rites honoring one’s forebears in the Belarusian cycle of the year, a rite with deep pre-Christian roots.  On the morning of Radaunitsa, which falls on the Tuesday nine days after Easter, parishioners gather for a memorial service in their church or, as here… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 25, 2017

Photos of the Day for April 24, 2017

Crosses of Belarus (part LXIX):  cleaning and decorating graves for Radaunitsa (the major day for honoring forebears’ graves, nine days after Easter Sunday).  Tsjerablichy old cemetery 2016. Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXIX):  падрыхтоўка да Радаўніцы.  Старыя могілкі, Цераблічы 2016 г.            

Photos of the Day for September 22, 2016

Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing Feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2016.  Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2016 г.   Awaiting the blessing of flowers.  У чаканьні асьвячэньня кветак.         Reading the Gospel before consecrating water and blessing flowers.  Чытаньне Евангеліі.         Blessing of water.  The priest will use the consecrated water to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 22, 2016

Photos of the Day for September 20, 2016

Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing Feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2016.  Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2016 г. August 14 is one of the clearest examples of syncretism, the overlapping or fusion of different religious traditions, in the Belarusian cycle of the year. From pre-Christian times, Belarusians have traditionally seen the time around August 14 as marking the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 20, 2016

Photo of the Day for May 24, 2010

In honor of Trinity Sunday/З нагоды Сьвятой Тройцы. The Saturday before the feast of Holy Trinity is one of several occasions in the traditional and liturgical cycle of the year when Orthodox Belarusans in parts of the country honor their forebears at the forebears’ graves.  Families often travel a significant distance to reach the cemetery… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 24, 2010