Tag: Століншчына

Photo of the Day for October 11, 2018

Homage to the Fence.  Tsjerablichy 2018.  “Good fences make good neighbors,” as Robert Frost noted in his laconic, ironic New England voice.  Fences in Belarus show  homeowners’ pride in order — a prized general value in a village — but also their individuality.  Even when tired after years of faithful service, the Belarusan wooden fence… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 11, 2018

Photos of the Day for June 4, 2018

Orthodox Holy Week and Eastertide in Polesia (VIII/XII). See also photos of the day for May 19-21 and May 25-28, 2018. Страсны (русальны) тыдзень і сьветлы тыдзень на Палесьсі (VIII/XII). Гл. таксама фотаздымкі дня 19-21 траўня ды 25-28 траўня 2018 г.   Easter (Bright) Monday service, Azdamichy 2018. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2018 г.    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 4, 2018

Photos of the Day for April 12, 2018

Patronal feast of the Resurrection of the Lord, Tsjerablichy 2017 (III/VII). Tsjerablichy’s church of the Resurrection celebrates its patronal feast on Easter Tuesday.  In 2017 priests from surrounding parishes presided in the absence of Tsjerablichy’s Father Vital’.  Parishioners from the next-door parish of Azdamichy also attended. Прастольнае сьвята Ўваскрасеньня Гасподняга, Цераблічы 2017 г.  (III/VII). У… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 12, 2018

Photo of the Day for February 16, 2018

Crosses of Belarus (part LXXVI):  wooden crosses in the new cemetery of Tsjerablichy 2018. Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXXVI):  драўляныя крыжы на новых могілках у в. Цераблічы 2018 г.  

Photos of the Day for February 6, 2018

Portraits of Polesia:  Old New Year’s Eve (January 13), Tsjerablichy 2018. Families wrap their fruit trees with straw rings in an ancient New Year’s Eve appeal for a bounteous harvest. Партрэты Палесься: абрады з нагоды Шчадрэца, Цераблічы 2018 г. “Каб шчадрылі.“          

Photo of the Day for January 16, 2018

Polesia in winter:  to home during the break in the Orthodox service for the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord (January 14), Tsjerablichy 2017. Палесьсе ўзімку: дахаты падчас перапынку на службе Абрэзаньня Гасподняга, Цераблічы 2017 г.  

Photo of the Day for October 28, 2017

Home from berry-picking in the Pripet Marshes.  Tsjerablichy 2017. It’s been a long, hard day:  berry-pickers travel as much as 25 miles (40 kilometers) through the marshes to the best picking areas. Дахаты са збору журавіны на балоце.  Цераблічы 2017 г.