Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), August 19, 2019. This was the fifth year in a row I was able to celebrate the blessing of apples with the parish of the Resurrection in Tsjerablichy. The feast of the Transfiguration/Jablychny Spas falls in the middle of the two-week fast which ends with… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 19, 2021
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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 10, 2019
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), August 19, 2019. It has been a great blessing to celebrate the Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing Feast – Jablychny Spas) for thirteen years in a row with the parishioners of the church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy. This was also the fifth… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 10, 2019
Photos of the Day for September 27, 2017
Portraits of Polesia, Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Azdamichy, August 19, 2017. VIII/VIII Партрэты Палесься, Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Аздамічы 2017 г. VIII/VIII
Photos of the Day for September 26, 2017
Portraits of Polesia, Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Azdamichy, August 19, 2017. VII/VIII Партрэты Палесься, Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Аздамічы 2017 г. VII/VIII A grandmother with her granddaughter, and with the same clear and steady gaze… …as in 2009. Natalja, a… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 26, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 25, 2017
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Azdamichy, August 19, 2017. VI/VIII Blessing of apples in Azdamichy. Father Aljaksandr makes three circuits of the churchyard, in turn censing the fruit, sprinkling the fruit with holy water, and then offering the cross for parishioners to kiss before they hurry to the cemetery to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 25, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 24, 2017
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Azdamichy, August 19, 2017. V/VIII After the blessing in Tsjerablichy I returned for the end of the service in Azdamichy and blessing of apples. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Аздамічы 2017 г. V/VIII Пасьля асьвячэньня ў Цераблічах вярнуўся ў Аздамічы, каб прысутнічаць на канцы літургіі й… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 24, 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
Photos of the Day for September 21, 2017
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Azdamichy, August 19, 2017. II/VIII Portraits during the break in the service. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Аздамічы 2017 г. II/VIII Партрэты падчас перапынку. After I took this photo… Пасьля таго, як здымаў спадарыняў на лаўцы… …three of the ladies insisted that… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 21, 2017