Orthodox Easter Monday (Bright Monday), Azdamichy 2018 (I/II). The church service on Orthodox Easter Monday is traditionally oriented toward children and passing on the faith from grandparents and parents to grandchildren and children, as here in lifting kids up to kiss the Artos (special Easter loaf symbolizing the Resurrection). Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2018 г. (I/II).… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 29, 2019
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Photos of the Day for July 10, 2018
Feast of St. John the Theologian (St. John the Evangelist), Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2018. The Orthodox parish of the Nativity of the Lord in Vjalikaje Maljeshava celebrates its principal patronal feast on Orthodox Christmas (Jan. 7). However, the parish has a secondary major feast on May 21 in honor of St. John the Theologian (St. John… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 10, 2018
Photos of the Day for May 23, 2018
Holy Week and Eastertide in Polesia (III/XII). Страсны (русальны) тыдзень і сьветлы тыдзень на Палесьсі (III/XII). Holy Saturday cleaning and preparation of the church for the all-night Easter service. Tsjerablichy 2018. Прыбор і падрыхтоўка царквы да ўсяночнай пасхальнай службы. Цераблічы 2018 г. Rehearsal for Sunday school performance on Easter… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 23, 2018
Photo of the Day for January 17, 2018
Mid-winter light in Polesia. Tsjerablichy 2017. Сьвятло ў сярэдзіне зімы. Цераблічы 2017 г.
Photos of the Day for February 3, 2017
Watching the Sunday school Nativity play, Orthodox Christmas day (January 7), Tsjerablichy 2017. Прыход царквы Ўваскрэсеньня Хрыстовага назірае за імпрэзай Раства Хрыстовага нядзельнай школы, Цераблічы 2017 г. In Tsjerablichy women stand on the left side of the nave (the Gospel side in the similar western church tradition)… …and men stand on the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 3, 2017
Photos of the Day for February 2, 2017
Sunday school Nativity play, Orthodox Christmas day (January 7), Tsjerablichy 2017. Імпрэза Раства Хрыстовага, нядзельная школа, Цераблічы 2017 г.
Photo of the Day for January 28, 2017
Orthodox Christmas eve (kuts’tsja — куцьця) in Polesia (IV/VII). Tsjerablichy 2017. Preparation of tart cherry jello (kisjel’ — кісель), locally-caught fish, and locally-gathered mushrooms. Посная куцьця на Палесьсі (IV/VII). Цераблічы 2017 г. Прыгатаваньне вішнёвага кіселю, рыбы й грыбоў. Kisjel’. Кісель. Boiled fish from the local river. Рыба з р.… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 28, 2017
Photo of the Day for January 11, 2017
Vespers on the eve of the December 4 great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (III/III). Tsjerablichy 2016. Вячэрня напярэдадні вялікага сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (III/III). Цераблічы 2016 г. Tending the candles. Дагляд за сьвечкамі.
Photo of the Day for June 7, 2014
Kissing the special Easter bread at the end of the Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014. In a plain and profound profession of faith — and of determination to pass on that faith — a grandmother firmly and lovingly lifts her grandson to kiss the special Easter bread. Цалаваньне пасхальнага куліча (артаса) напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 7, 2014
Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014
After children’s communion, Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014. Here parents and grandparents line up with their children and grandchildren to kiss the cross held by Father Aljaksandr. Parishioners kiss the cross to remind themselves of Christ’s sacrifice and to receive the strength of the triumph over death that the cross represents. Напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014