Radaunitsa (honoring forefathers), Azdamichy 2018. Radaunitsa (Радаўніца) — one of the most important rites honoring one’s forebears in the Belarusian cycle of the year, a rite with deep pre-Christian roots. Radaunitsa falls on the Tuesday nine days after Orthodox Easter. On that morning, parishioners gather for a memorial service in their church or, as here… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 28, 2020
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Photos of the Day for May 7, 2019
Radaunitsa (honoring forefathers), Azdamichy 2018. Radaunitsa (Радаўніца) — one of the most important rites honoring one’s forebears in the Belarusian cycle of the year, a rite with deep pre-Christian roots. Radaunitsa falls on the Tuesday nine days after Orthodox Easter. On that morning, parishioners gather for a memorial service in their church or, as here… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 7, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 19, 2018
Cycle of the year: Radaunitsa (commemoration of forebears). Azdamichy 2018. Radaunitsa, which falls on the ninth day after Orthodox Easter, is the main (among many) annual rite of commemoration of forebears in the Belarusian Orthodox liturgical calendar. The priest, here Father Aljaksandr of the parish of the Holy Trinity, thrice reads through parishioners lists of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 19, 2018
Photos of the Day for February 12, 2018
Paying respects at the grave of Maryja Mal’tsjevich for the one-year anniversary of her death. Tsjerablichy 2018. After the memorial service in the church, family and friends of the deceased visit the grave to close out the one-year period of mourning. Вечная памяць: памінкі па Марыі Мальцевіч на гадавіне яе сьмерці. Цераблічы 2018 г. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 12, 2018
Photos of the Day for April 25, 2017
Eastertide rites in Belarus: Radaunitsa (Радаўніца) — one of the most important rites honoring one’s forebears in the Belarusian cycle of the year, a rite with deep pre-Christian roots. On the morning of Radaunitsa, which falls on the Tuesday nine days after Easter, parishioners gather for a memorial service in their church or, as here… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 25, 2017
Photos of the Day for April 24, 2017
Crosses of Belarus (part LXIX): cleaning and decorating graves for Radaunitsa (the major day for honoring forebears’ graves, nine days after Easter Sunday). Tsjerablichy old cemetery 2016. Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXIX): падрыхтоўка да Радаўніцы. Старыя могілкі, Цераблічы 2016 г.