Photo of the Day for April 29, 2021

Orthodox “Carrying out of the Winding-Cloth” or Vynos Plashchanitsy (Вынос Плашчаніцы) during Holy Saturday Matins (Plashchanitsa).  Church of the Transfiguration, Astryna 2008. For the procession during the matins service the priest carries the icon of the Holy Shroud (Plashchanitsa) in a frame above his head.   Вынос Плашчаніцы пры ютрані.  Вялікая субота, царква Праабражэньня Гасподняга,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 29, 2021

Photos of the Day for December 13, 2016

Architectural patrimony of Shchuchyn and Harodnja Districts 2016 (III/V):  photo expedition with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Conservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (ГА БДТАПГК). Спадчына Шчучынскага й Гарадзенскага раёнаў 2016 г. (III/V):  фотаэкспедыцыя з Антонам Астаповічам, старшынёй Беларускага дабраахвотнага таварыства аховы помнікаў гісторыі й культуры (ГА БДТАПГК).   Churches of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 13, 2016

Photos of the Day for December 11, 2016

Architectural patrimony of Shchuchyn and Harodnja Districts 2016 (I/V):  Polish-era primary school (szkoła powszechna), Mitsary. Photo expedition with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Conservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (ГА БДТАПГК). This wooden school house was built during the interwar period when the western Belarusian lands were incorporated into the Second… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 11, 2016