Soly to Ashmjany 2015 (IV/IV): Zhuprany. Дарога Солы-Ашмяны 2015 г. (IV/IV): Жупраны. Monument to Belarusian writer-patriot Frantsishak Bahushevich (1840-1900); in the background is the Roman Catholic church of the Apostles Peter and Paul (1854-75). Помнік Францішку Багушэвічу. На фоне касьцёл Сьвятых апосталаў Пятра й Паўла (1854-75 гг.).
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Photos of the Day for September 8, 2016
Braslau Lakes region: Ikazn’ 2016. Браслаўскія азёры: Іказнь 2016 г. Moose off the Slabodka-Ikazn’ road. It was such a surprise to see this young moose in an open field that I forgot to change to a telephoto lens. The moose, curious about the car, followed on a parallel track before cutting across the road… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 8, 2016
Photos of the Day for September 7, 2016
Braslau Lakes Region: Slabodka 2016. Браслаўскія азёры: Слабодка 2016 г. The gleaming spires of the Roman Catholic church of Divine Providence in Slabodka are visible for miles across the Braslau Lakes and from the countryside to the west and northwest. Churches of Belarus (part CLXXX): Roman Catholic church of Divine Providence (1903). Касьцёлы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 7, 2016
Photo of the Day for August 31, 2016
Journey to the Braslau lake district. Падарожжа на Браслаўшчыну. Churches of Belarus (part CLXXIX): burial chapel of the Pljater family (1858), Akhremautsy 2016. Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка CLXXIX): капліца-пахавальная Плятэраў (1858), Ахрэмаўцы 2016 г.
Photos of the Day for September 10, 2014
Children’s Mass on the eve of the feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Hjervjaty 2014. Дзіцячая Сьв. Імша напярэдадні сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, касьцёл Сьв. Тройцы, Гервяты 2014 г. Hjervjaty lies in a belt of northwestern Belarusian towns and villages whose toponyms betray a heavy Baltic influence. Like other towns in its immediate… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 10, 2014
Photos of the Day for April 10, 2014
From a mid-January photo survey of the patrimony of north-eastern Valozhyn District. З вандроўкі па спадчыне паўночна-усходняй Валожыншчыны. Churches of Belarus (part LXIII): Orthodox church of the Annunciation (1867), Zabrez’zje, January 2014. This church, nestled in a grove of trees, is another example of the so-called Muravjouki (Муравёўкі). These churches were built by the Moscow… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 10, 2014
Photo of the Day for March 20, 2012: Churches of Belarus XIII / Касьцёлы й цэрквы Беларусі ХІII
Churches of Belarus (part XIII). Касьцёлы й цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХІII). S’vjerzhan’ Novy’s churches stand on two sides of the town square. In the foreground is the Roman Catholic church of Peter and Paul, built in Renaissance style at the end of the 16th century. In the background is the Orthodox (formerly Greek-Catholic) church of… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 20, 2012: Churches of Belarus XIII / Касьцёлы й цэрквы Беларусі ХІII