Photo excursion to northwestern Valozhyn District: Valozhyn, Bahdanava, Vajhany, Mas’tsishcha, Vishnjeva. Фотавандроўка па паўночна-заходняй частцы Валожынскага раёна: Валожын, Багданава, Вайганы, Масьцішча, Вішнева. Old-Believer cemetery in Mas’tsishcha (III/III) 2018: Old-Believer symbols on graves. Oak trees, oak leaves, acorns and mushrooms symbolize longevity, strength, resilience, re-birth. Стараверскія могілкі ў в. Масьцішча (III/III) 2018 г. Сімвалы на… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 24, 2018
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Photos of the Day for August 30, 2016
Journey to the Braslau lake district. Падарожжа на Браслаўшчыну. Churches of Belarus (part CLXXVIII): Old Believers’ church of the Dormition (1905), Varonka. Old Believers split from the Moscow Patriarchate after 1666 in reaction against liturgical reforms. Persecuted as schismatics by the Moscow Patriarchate, Old Believers migrated either to remote areas of Siberia or to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 30, 2016