Tag: Столінскі раён

Photos of the Day for September 9, 2019

Blessing of water before the start of the liturgy, patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2019. Асьвячэньне вады перад пачаткам літургіі, прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2019 г.   Blessing the water is Father Nicholas, who is from Azdamichy and served as an acolyte for Azdamichy’s Father Aljaksandr. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 9, 2019

Photos of the Day for September 8, 2019

Vespers on the eve of the patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2019. Вячэрня напярэдадні прастольнага сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2019 г.   It is an Orthodox tradition to decorate the church entry and interior with birch branches for Holy Trinity. Традыцыйнае царкоўнае ўпрыгожаньне бярозавымі галінкамі на Тройцу.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 8, 2019

Photo of the Day for August 21, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  Prosja (born January 14, 1918).  Tsjerablichy 2019. Great-Granny Prosja has been busy this week helping her daughter Halja with the potato harvest. Партрэты Палесься: бабуля Прося (нарадзілася 14.01.1918 г.).  Цераблічы 2019 г. Гэты тыдзень бабуля Прося капае бульбу з дачкой Галяй.        

Photo of the Day for August 7, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  Azdamichy 2019. The bench (part XIX):  what can seem more prosaic than the plain wooden bench in front of almost every village house in Belarus?  And yet the bench is the pivot of social life, the gathering place of generations on a summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent observation post.  The… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 7, 2019

Photo of the Day for August 6, 2019

Portraits of Polesia: summer in Azdamichy 2019. The potatoes are growing well; the yards and barns are neat and tidy; the storks are tending to their fledglings (owing to a prolonged dry spell and consequent dearth of frogs in this part of the Pripet Marshes, it has been extremely rare to see more than one… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 6, 2019

Photos of the Day for June 21, 2019

Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.         Candles play an important role in Orthodox Christian services.  Tending the candle holders is a key task, carried out by laymen, and attention is given to having children begin to take responsibility at an early age for minding the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 21, 2019