Tag: Цераблічы

Photo of the Day for October 24, 2017

Last harvest days before Pakrou (feast of the Intercession of the Blessed Mother of God).  It is still a strongly-observed tradition in Belarus to clear the harvest from garden plots and field allotments before the feast of Pakrou on October 14 in order to ensure the the Mother of God’s protection of the land during… Continue reading Photo of the Day for October 24, 2017

Photos of the Day for October 23, 2017

Autumn in Polesia:  harvest-time in Tsjerablichy 2017. Палесьсе ўвосень:  ураджай у Цераблічах 2017 г.          

Photos of the Day for September 30, 2017

Harvesting potatoes from the garden.  Tsjerablichy 2017. It is a deeply-engrained custom in Belarusian villages to plant potatoes on a significant portion of the garden around one’s house.  After photographing Vasil’ and his daughter Tats’tsjana at work, I put the camera aside and helped fill two bags’ worth. Пакуль спадар Васіль нясе поўны мяшок на… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 30, 2017

Photos of the Day for September 29, 2017

Potato harvest from the family allotment, Tsjerablichy 2017. First cultivated in the Belarusian lands in the mid-18th century, the potato is now one of the most important elements in the Belarusian diet.  Families anxiously await the harvest, the quantity and quality of which to a huge degree will determine both how well a homestead makes… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 29, 2017

Photos of the Day for September 23, 2017

Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Tsjerablichy, August 19, 2017.  IV/VIII Blessing of apples and other first fruits in Tsjerablichy.  Owing to the illness of parish priest Father Vital’, Father Mikalaj from Plotnitsa officiated. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Цераблічы 2017 г.  IV/VIII Асьвячэньне яблыкаў ды іншай садавіны ў Цераблічах.  З-за таго,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 23, 2017

Photos of the Day for September 22, 2017

Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Tsjerablichy, August 19, 2017.  III/VIII The break in the service in Azdamichy gave me the opportunity to drive to Tsjerablichy, where I found people in the churchyard waiting for the blessing of apples. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Цераблічы 2017 г.  III/VIII Падчас перапынку ў Аздамічах… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 22, 2017