Photos of the Day for November 17, 2019

Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Tsjerablichy, August 19, 2019.  The traditional break in the service in Azdamichy gave me the opportunity to drive to Tsjerablichy to photograph children’s communion at the end of the liturgy and then the blessing of apples and other fruit in the churchyard.   Праабражэньне Гасподняе… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 17, 2019

Photos of the Day for November 16, 2019

Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Tsjerablichy, August 19, 2019.  The traditional break in the service in Azdamichy gave me the opportunity to drive to Tsjerablichy to photograph children’s communion at the end of the liturgy and then the blessing of apples in the churchyard.   Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Цераблічы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 16, 2019

Photo of the Day for November 4, 2019

New cemetery, Tsjerablichy 2019. Tsjerablichy’s old cemetery in the heart of the village has retained most of its trees.  However, the new cemetery on the outskirts of  the village suffers from the same ruthless tree removal which local and district authorities across Belarus have carried out mindlessly.  As a result many graves are blanketed by… Continue reading Photo of the Day for November 4, 2019