Photos of the Day for January 10, 2018

Polesia in winter:  Rubel’ 2011.   Палесьсе ўзімку: Рубэль (Рубель) 2011 г.   Churches of Belarus (part CCXXXV):  Orthodox church of the Archangel Michael (1796). Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CCXXXV):  царква Сьвятога Міхала Арханёла (1796 г.).           Churches of Belarus (part CCXXXVI):  Orthodox church of the Image of the Savior, Not Made By… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 10, 2018

Photos of the Day for October 2, 2017

Horsecarts.  Rubel’ (Rubjel’) 2017. Rubel’, in the middle of central Polesia’s Stolin District, was the largest village in Belarus until the early 1970s.  With about 4,700 inhabitants Rubel’ remains the second largest village in Stolin District; it is renowned not only for the industriousness of its small-holder farmers but also for producing scores of Orthodox… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 2, 2017