Photos of the Day for January 18, 2019

Feast of the Theophany (Vadokhryshcha – Вадохрышча), Azdamichy 2018. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox Christian liturgical cycle.  Vadokhryshcha commemorates both the Theophany and the baptism of the Lord.  This Orthodox feast is thus the equivalent of Western Christian Epiphany (January 6) as celebrated until the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 18, 2019

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

Photos of the Day for March 15, 2018

Orthodox feast of the Baptism of Jesus/Theophany (known colloquially as Vadokhryshcha – Вадохрышча).  Azdamichy 2018. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox liturgical cycle.  Vadokhryshcha is the Orthodox Christian equivalent of Western Christian Epiphany (January 6).  In celebrating the baptism of Christ, Vadokhryshcha commemorates the Theophany, the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 15, 2018