Photos of the Day for April 20, 2020

Transmission of Faith:  kissing the special Easter loaf (Artos), Bright Monday (Orthodox Easter Monday), Azdamichy 2019 Перадача веры: цалаваньне артаса, Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.            

Photos of the Day for June 22, 2019

Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.   On Esster Monday one witnesses the transmission of faith is the most direct way when parents or grandparents lift their children or grandchildren to kiss the Artos (special Easter bread symbolizing the resurrection; the loaf is placed in the center of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 22, 2019

Photos of the Day for June 16, 2019

Kissing the Artos (special Easter loaf symbolizing the Resurrection).  Easter Day vespers service, Azdamichy 2019. The tradition of kissing the Artos is always a splendid occasion to witness two fundamental expressions of Belarusian culture.  First is the transmission of faith from parents or, more often, grandparents as they lift children to kiss the Artos.  Second… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 16, 2019

Easter Monday / Сьветлы панядзелак

Kissing the Easter bread, end of the Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2015. Цалаваньне велікоднага куліча (артаса) на прыканцы службы, Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2015 г.  

Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014

After children’s communion, Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014.  Here parents and grandparents line up with their children and grandchildren to kiss the cross held by Father Aljaksandr.  Parishioners kiss the cross to remind themselves of Christ’s sacrifice and to receive the strength of the triumph over death that the cross represents. Напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014