Braslau and the Braslau lakes region 2016: hamlets on the shore of Lake Volasa. Браслаўшчына 2016 г.: пасёлкі ля возера Воласа. A fine example of a stone barn/root cellar (late 19th century?), near Shvjady. Узор мураванага сьвірана/лёху (позна 19-а ст.?), ля Швядаў. Lock on the gate to a barnyard, near Shvjady. Навясны замок… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 2, 2016
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Photos of the Day for September 1, 2016
Braslau and the Braslau lakes region 2016. Браслаўшчына 2016 г. Lake Dryvjaty. Braslau sits on the northeastern shore of this large lake, and the light off the lake is magical before sunset. Возера Дрывяты.
Photo of the Day for August 31, 2016
Journey to the Braslau lake district. Падарожжа на Браслаўшчыну. Churches of Belarus (part CLXXIX): burial chapel of the Pljater family (1858), Akhremautsy 2016. Касьцёлы Беларусі (частка CLXXIX): капліца-пахавальная Плятэраў (1858), Ахрэмаўцы 2016 г.
Photos of the Day for August 30, 2016
Journey to the Braslau lake district. Падарожжа на Браслаўшчыну. Churches of Belarus (part CLXXVIII): Old Believers’ church of the Dormition (1905), Varonka. Old Believers split from the Moscow Patriarchate after 1666 in reaction against liturgical reforms. Persecuted as schismatics by the Moscow Patriarchate, Old Believers migrated either to remote areas of Siberia or to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 30, 2016
Orthodox Nativity of Christ / Раство Хрыстовае
Christ is Born! Віншую з Раством Хрыстовым! З Різдвом Христовим! Matthew 2:9-12 (KJV): [9] When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. [10] When they saw the star, they rejoiced with… Continue reading Orthodox Nativity of Christ / Раство Хрыстовае
Photo of the Day for January 1, 2015
With best wishes for the New Year. З найлепшымі пажаданьнямі здароўя й шчасьця ў новым годзе. З найкращими побажаннями здоров’я і щастя всім українцям у новому році. In honor of the feast of Mary, Mother of God. З нагоды сьвята Сьвятой Багародзіцы Марыі. Roadside Marian shrine, Zabrez’zje 2014. Прыдарожная капліца, Забрэзьзе… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 1, 2015
Photos of the Day for April 10, 2014
From a mid-January photo survey of the patrimony of north-eastern Valozhyn District. З вандроўкі па спадчыне паўночна-усходняй Валожыншчыны. Churches of Belarus (part LXIII): Orthodox church of the Annunciation (1867), Zabrez’zje, January 2014. This church, nestled in a grove of trees, is another example of the so-called Muravjouki (Муравёўкі). These churches were built by the Moscow… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 10, 2014
Photo of the Day for April 9, 2014
From a mid-January photo survey of the patrimony of north-eastern Valozhyn District. З вандроўкі па спадчыне паўночна-усходняй Валожыншчыны. View toward the Orthodox church of the Ascension, Jarshevichy, January 2014. Выгляд на царкву Ўшэсьця Гасподняга, Яршэвічы, студзень 2014 г.