Feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany (Vadokhryshcha – Вадохрышча), Azdamichy 2020. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox Christian liturgical cycle. Vadokhryshcha commemorates both the baptism of the Lord and the Theophany. With its focus on baptism and water, Vadokhryshcha corresponds to Western Christian Epiphany (January 6)… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 22, 2020
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Photos of the Day for June 4, 2019
Orthodox Holy Saturday matins and procession with the icon of the Winding Cloth (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2019. Вялікая субота, Аздамічы 2019 г. To mark the death of Christ and his repose in the tomb, the priest sets up a temporary altar table, an altar of repose (the symbolic tomb of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 4, 2019
Photos of the Day for July 27, 2018
Orthodox spring feast of St. Nicholas (May 22), church of St. Nicholas, Rukhcha 2018. Мікола летні, царква Сьв. Мікалая, Рухча 2018 г. I/VI Beginning of Matins. Пачатак ютрані. Distribution of wheatberries. Раздача пшанічных зерняў. Anointing with holy oil. Мірапамазаньне.
Photos of the Day for May 19, 2018
Holy Week and Eastertide in Polesia (I/XII). Страсны (русальны) тыдзень і сьветлы тыдзень на Палесьсі (I/XII). Orthodox Holy Saturday 2018. Lamentation at the Tomb (Plashchanitsa — Плашчаніца) and Annunciation (Dabravjeshchan’nje — Дабравешчаньне), Tsjerablichy and Azdamichy 2018. Whenever Orthodox Easter falls on April 8, as in 2018, then Holy Saturday, April 7, coincides with the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 19, 2018
Orthodox Holy Saturday / Вялікая субота (Плашчаніца)
Orthodox Holy Saturday Matins (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2016. To mark the death of Christ and his repose in the tomb, the priest sets up a temporary altar table, an altar of repose (the symbolic tomb of Christ), toward the rear of the nave. The priest — Father Aljaksandr in Azdamichy —… Continue reading Orthodox Holy Saturday / Вялікая субота (Плашчаніца)
Photos of the Day for July 8, 2017
Sunday Mattins, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2017. Ютрань, царква Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2017 г.
Photos of the Day for October 9, 2016
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast), Azdamichy 2016. The church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration with a five-hour service of Matins and the Liturgy, including a half-hour break roughly in the middle and the blessing of apples at the end. Праабражэньне Гасподняе/Яблячны Спас, Аздамічы 2016 г. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 9, 2016