Awaiting the blessing of flowers, patronal feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15), Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mjory 2011. It is customary in Roman Catholic churches in Belarus for parishioners to bring flowers to the Assumption Day Mass for the priest to bless both… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 17, 2021
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Photo of the Day for August 14, 2021
Portraits of Polesia: great-grandmother with her great-grandson after the blessing of flowers, August 14th Orthodox feast of Makauje/Mjadovy Spas, Davyd-Haradok 2018. Партрэты Палесься: прабабуля са сваім праўнукам пасьля асьвячэньня кветак, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.
Photo of the Day for August 13, 2021
Blessing of flowers, feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018. The Orthodox Christian feast of Makauje/Mjadovy Spas falls on August 14. This feast is one of the clearest examples of syncretism, the overlapping or fusion of Christian and pre-Christian rites, in the Belarusian cycle of the year. From pre-Christian times, Belarusians have… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 13, 2021
Photo of the Day for August 19, 2020
Blessing of parishioners by Archbishop S’tsjafan at the end of the service, Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018: VI/VI. Дабраслаўленьне прыхаджанаў архіепіскапам Сьцяфанам напрыканцы службы, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.: VI/VI.
Photo of the Day for August 18, 2020
Portraits of Polesia: three generations, Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018: V/VI. Партрэты Палесься: тры пакаленьні, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.: V/VI.
Photos of the Day for August 17, 2020
Portraits of Polesia: Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018: IV/VI. Партрэты Палесься: Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.: IV/VI. World War II veteran Ветэран Другой сусьветнай вайны. After the Blessing of Flowers Пасьля асьвячэньня кветак “Old Pirate” „Стары пірат“
Photos of the Day for August 16, 2020
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje) or Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018: III/VI. August 14 is one of the clearest examples of syncretism, the overlapping or fusion of Christian and pre-Christian rites, in the Belarusian cycle of the year. Most celebrations of Mjadovy Spas in Belarus emphasize the blessing of honey and water and the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 16, 2020
Photos of the Day for August 15, 2020
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje) or Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018: II/VI. August 14 is one of the clearest examples of syncretism, the overlapping or fusion of Christian and pre-Christian rites, in the Belarusian cycle of the year. Most celebrations of Mjadovy Spas in Belarus emphasize the blessing of honey and water and the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 15, 2020
Photos of the Day for August 14, 2020
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018: I/VI. This August 14 feast is one of the clearest examples of syncretism, the overlapping or fusion of Christian and pre-Christian rites, in the Belarusian cycle of the year. From pre-Christian times, Belarusians have observed rites in August to mark the transition from summer to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 14, 2020
Photos of the Day for October 25, 2019
Patronal feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15), Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Krasnaje 2019 (V/VI). Прастольнае сьвята Ўнебаўзяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі (15 жніўня), касьцёл Унебазўяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі, Краснае 2019 г. (V/VI). Blessing of flowers (harvest rite) at the end of the celebratory… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 25, 2019