Kissing the special Easter bread at the end of the Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014. In a plain and profound profession of faith — and of determination to pass on that faith — a grandmother firmly and lovingly lifts her grandson to kiss the special Easter bread. Цалаваньне пасхальнага куліча (артаса) напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 7, 2014
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Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014
After children’s communion, Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014. Here parents and grandparents line up with their children and grandchildren to kiss the cross held by Father Aljaksandr. Parishioners kiss the cross to remind themselves of Christ’s sacrifice and to receive the strength of the triumph over death that the cross represents. Напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014
Photos of the Day for June 4, 2014
Belarus in Faces (part CXXXVI): Children’s Communion Service, Easter Monday, Azdamichy 2014. Беларусь у тварах (частка CXXXVI): Дзіцячае прычасьце ў Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2014 г.