Tag: традыцыі

Photos of the Day for November 3, 2018

Patronal feast of Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Bjelavusha 2018. Прастольнае сьвята, царква Сьвятой Тройцы, Белавуша 2018 г.   Birch branches. The use of birch branches to decorate Orthodox churches for Holy Trinity is a syncretic tradition, reflecting a Christian symbol of life, rebirth and the descent of the Holy Spirit with… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 3, 2018

Photos of the Day for February 12, 2018

Paying respects at the grave of Maryja Mal’tsjevich for the one-year anniversary of her death.  Tsjerablichy 2018. After the memorial service in the church, family and friends of the deceased visit the grave to close out the one-year period of mourning. Вечная памяць: памінкі па Марыі Мальцевіч на гадавіне яе сьмерці.  Цераблічы 2018 г.  … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 12, 2018

Photos of the Day for April 9, 2017

Owing to different criteria for calculating the date of Easter (and thus the Easter-related movable feasts of Palm Sunday, Ascension and Pentecost), the dates only intermittently coincide for western churches on the one hand and Eastern Orthodox churches on the other.  In 2017, as most recently in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2014, the dates coincide.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 9, 2017

Photos of the Day for January 13, 2017

Eastern Orthodox great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (I/V).  Azdamichy, December 4, 2016. The Entry into the Temple is one of the 12 great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar. Праваслаўнае вялікае сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (I/V).  Аздамічы, 4 сьнежня 2016 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 13, 2017