Orthodox Easter / Праваслаўны Вялікдзень

Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!   Хрыстос уваскрос!   Хрыстос уваскрос!   Хрыстос уваскрос!  Сапраўды ўваскрос!   Father Aljaksandr’s Easter homily, all-night Easter service, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2019. Пасхальная пропаведзь айца Аляксандра, усяночная пасхальная служба, царква Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2019 г.  

Orthodox Trinity Sunday / Сёмуха-Сьвятая Тройца

Today is Orthodox Pentecost/Trinity Sunday. З нагоды Сёмухі-Сьвятой Тройцы.  Са сьвятам!  

Orthodox Easter – Christ is Risen! / Хрыстос уваскрос!

Christ is risen!  A joyous Easter to all!    Хрыстос уваскрос!  Хрыстос уваскрос!  Хрыстос уваскрос!    Сапраўды ўваскрос!   Христос Воскрес! Христос Воскрес! Христос Воскрес!   Воістину Воскрес!       Awaiting the blessing of Easter breads after Orthodox all-night Easter service, Azdamichy 2012. У чаканьні асьвячэньня пасак пасьля усяночнай пасхальнай службы, Аздамічы 2012 г.    … Continue reading Orthodox Easter – Christ is Risen! / Хрыстос уваскрос!

Photo of the Day for August 14, 2021

Portraits of Polesia:  great-grandmother with her great-grandson after the blessing of flowers, August 14th Orthodox feast of Makauje/Mjadovy Spas, Davyd-Haradok 2018. Партрэты Палесься: прабабуля са сваім праўнукам пасьля асьвячэньня кветак, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.  

Photo of the Day for August 13, 2021

Blessing of flowers, feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018.  The Orthodox Christian feast of Makauje/Mjadovy Spas falls on August 14.  This feast is one of the clearest examples of syncretism, the overlapping or fusion of Christian and pre-Christian rites, in the Belarusian cycle of the year. From pre-Christian times, Belarusians have… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 13, 2021

Photo of the Day for July 4, 2021

Panjekhida for Granddad Vasil’ (see photos for May 28, 2021).  May he rest in heavenly peace.  A panjekhida is an Eastern Orthodox memorial service for a deceased family member just before or on the 40th day; those attending pray for the acceptance of the deceased into heaven.  In the Polesian villages of Tsjerablichy and Azdamichy… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 4, 2021

Photos of the Day for January 19, 2021

Feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany (Vadokhryshcha – Вадохрышча), Tsjerablichy 2019. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox Christian liturgical cycle.  Vadokhryshcha commemorates both the baptism of the Lord and the Theophany (the simultaneous revelation of God in three parts — Father, Son and Holy Spirit).  With… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 19, 2021

Photo of the Day for August 19, 2020

Blessing of parishioners by Archbishop S’tsjafan at the end of the service, Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018:  VI/VI.  Дабраслаўленьне прыхаджанаў архіепіскапам Сьцяфанам напрыканцы службы, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.:  VI/VI.    

Photo of the Day for August 18, 2020

Portraits of Polesia:  three generations, Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018:  V/VI.  Партрэты Палесься: тры пакаленьні, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.:  V/VI.