Photos of the Day for December 11, 2017

Photo expeditions to Lahojsk District:  Damashy, Sjamkova, Kas’tsjanjevichy, Hajna. Фотаэспедыцыі па Лашойскім раёне:  Дамашы, Сямкова, Касьцяневічы, Гайна.   Lishtvy (Belarusian traditional carved wooden window frames), Hajna 2016 (II/II). Ліштвы, Гайна 2016 г. (II/II).     Soviet motif. Савецкая сімвал.       Serpents (note the similar wavy line without serpents’ heads in the first two… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 11, 2017

By Faith / “Вераю“

“By Faith” is a poem by National Poet of Belarus Ryhor Baradulin (1935-2014) about the the Belarusian nation’s resilience through faith.  The final stanza declares that, just as light in the sky will drive away grim, grey clouds, so through faith in God — by  prayer for forgiveness of sins — will the Belarusian nation… Continue reading By Faith / “Вераю“

Photos of the Day for January 10, 2017

Vespers on the eve of the December 4 great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (II/III).  Tsjerablichy 2016. Вячэрня напярэдадні вялікага сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (II/III).  Цераблічы 2016 г.     Hard-working hands, for a moment still and folded properly at the anointing with… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 10, 2017

Photos of the Day for September 19, 2016

Functionalism and the Zakopane style in Hlybokaje:  civil-servants’ housing quarter by Juliusz Klos and other houses. After surveying some of the Zakopane-style buildings on the outskirts of Hlybokae (photos of the day for September 18), there was not enough time for more than a drive-by tour of the better-known Polish-era six-building housing quarter for civil… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 19, 2016