Blessing of parishioners with water and distribution of blessed water before the start of the liturgy, patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2019. Асьвячэньне прыхаджанаў вадой і раздача асьвячонай вады перад пачаткам літургіі, прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2019 г. Father Aljaksandr’s son Father Vital’ blesses the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 10, 2019
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Photos of the Day for September 9, 2019
Blessing of water before the start of the liturgy, patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2019. Асьвячэньне вады перад пачаткам літургіі, прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2019 г. Blessing the water is Father Nicholas, who is from Azdamichy and served as an acolyte for Azdamichy’s Father Aljaksandr. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 9, 2019
Photos of the Day for August 18, 2019
Presentation of Nadzja’s newborn son Ivan. Tsjerablichy 2019. It is an Orthodox Christian tradition to have the priest present a newborn child to God around the baby’s 40th day. The tradition evokes both the presentation of Jesus in the temple (Meeting at the Temple or Strechan’nje, the Orthodox equivalent of Candlemas, celebrated February 15 in… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 18, 2019
Photos of the Day for August 16, 2019
Learning to blow out the candles, Orthodox Trinity Monday, Tsjerablichy 2019. Перадача веры: тушэньне сьвечак, другі дзень Сьвятой Тройцы, Цераблічы 2019 г.
Photo of the Day for June 24, 2019
Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г. Church procession. In the Orthodox Christian tradition the procession proceeds counterclockwise three times around the church. On the third circuit the procession stops at the four cardinal points for readings from the Gospels and blessing of the church and the congregation with… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 24, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 21, 2019
Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г. Candles play an important role in Orthodox Christian services. Tending the candle holders is a key task, carried out by laymen, and attention is given to having children begin to take responsibility at an early age for minding the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 21, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 20, 2019
Censing the altar and the iconostasis, Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Абкурваньне алтара й іканастаса, Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.
Photos of the Day for May 7, 2019
Radaunitsa (honoring forefathers), Azdamichy 2018. Radaunitsa (Радаўніца) — one of the most important rites honoring one’s forebears in the Belarusian cycle of the year, a rite with deep pre-Christian roots. Radaunitsa falls on the Tuesday nine days after Orthodox Easter. On that morning, parishioners gather for a memorial service in their church or, as here… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 7, 2019
Photos of the Day for April 7, 2019
Orthodox feast of the Annunciation (April 7). Azdamichy 2018. The fixed-date feast of the Annunciation is one of the 12 great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical cycle. Дабравешчаньне Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (7 красавіка). Аздамічы 2018 г. Нерухомае сьвята Дабравешчаньня адно з 12 галоўных сьвятаў у царкоўным літургічным каляндары. In… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 7, 2019
Photos of the Day for February 18, 2019
Feast of the Theophany (Vadokhryshcha – Вадохрышча), Azdamichy 2019. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox Christian liturgical cycle. Vadokhryshcha commemorates both the Theophany and the baptism of the Lord. This Orthodox feast is thus the equivalent of Western Christian Epiphany (January 6) as it was celebrated… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 18, 2019