Photos of the Day for December 6, 2016

Villages of Staryja Darohi District 2015:  Navasjolki and Jazyl’. Вёскі Старадарожскага раёна 2015 г.: Навасёлкі й Языль.   Navasjolki. Навасёлкі.     Jazyl’. Языль. Churches of Belarus (part CXCI):  Orthodox church of the Transfiguration.  This recently-completed church replaces a 19th-century wooden Orthodox church desecrated by the Soviet regime in 1950, used as a collective farm… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 6, 2016

Photos of the Day for December 2, 2016

Sakuny Villages 2015 (III/VI):  Shchytkavichy, Ljauki, Drazhna. Like so many other Belarusian villages, Ljauki has seen its younger generations migrate to the cities.  Yet what the wanderer finds is not a sense of resignation among those who remain.  Rather, one is struck by how grounded, resilient and approachable Ljauki’s inhabitants are, and after so many… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 2, 2016