Photo of the Day for September 18, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  four generations.  Azdamichy 2019. Партрэты Палесься: чатыры пакаленьні.  Аздамічы 2019 г.  

Photos of the Day for September 14, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2019. Партрэты Палесься: прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2019 г.           Many people from the next-door village of Tsjerablichy, which belonged to the parish of the Holy Trinity until Tsjerablichy built its own church in 2014, returned to Azdamichy for the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 14, 2019

Photo of the Day for August 21, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  Prosja (born January 14, 1918).  Tsjerablichy 2019. Great-Granny Prosja has been busy this week helping her daughter Halja with the potato harvest. Партрэты Палесься: бабуля Прося (нарадзілася 14.01.1918 г.).  Цераблічы 2019 г. Гэты тыдзень бабуля Прося капае бульбу з дачкой Галяй.        

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 2, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  Jelisjej and his pals.  Tsjerablichy 2019.  See also photos of the day for May 10, 2019.   Партрэты Палесься: Елісеява банда.  Цераблічы 2019 г. Гл. таксама фотаздымкі дня 10-а траўня 2019 г.