Tag: children’s communion

Photos of the Day for November 16, 2019

Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Tsjerablichy, August 19, 2019.  The traditional break in the service in Azdamichy gave me the opportunity to drive to Tsjerablichy to photograph children’s communion at the end of the liturgy and then the blessing of apples in the churchyard.   Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Цераблічы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 16, 2019

Photos of the Day for September 12, 2019

Children’s communion, patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2019. Дзіцячае прычасьце, прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2019 г.   From the visiting priests celebrating the liturgy, Azdamichy’s Father Aljaksandr chose Father Nicholas to distribute children’s communion.  З сьвятараў-гасьцей, айцец Аляксандр выбраў айца Мікалая (маладога сьвятара прыхода Параскевы Пятніцы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 12, 2019

Photos of the Day for June 23, 2019

Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.   Children’s communion is also a point in the Orthodox liturgy when one can witness most directly the transmission of faith from generation to generation. Перадача веры ад пакаленьня пакаленьню падчас дзіцячага прычасьця таксама дае натхненьне й надзею.        

Photos of the Day for July 18, 2018

Children’s communion:  feast of St. John the Theologian (St. John the Evangelist), Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2018. Дзіцячае прычасьце, сьвята Сів. Іаана Багаслова, Вялікае Малешава 2018 г.            

Photos of the Day for May 21, 2018

Holy Week and Eastertide in Polesia (II/XII). Страсны (русальны) тыдзень і сьветлы тыдзень на Палесьсі (II/XII).   Orthodox feast of the Annunciation, Azdamichy 2018. In 2018 Orthodox Holy Saturday or Plashchanitsa (the celebration of Christ’s repose in the tomb) coincided with the fixed-date April 7 feast of the Annunciation, one of the twelve great feasts… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 21, 2018

Photos of the Day for April 12, 2018

Patronal feast of the Resurrection of the Lord, Tsjerablichy 2017 (III/VII). Tsjerablichy’s church of the Resurrection celebrates its patronal feast on Easter Tuesday.  In 2017 priests from surrounding parishes presided in the absence of Tsjerablichy’s Father Vital’.  Parishioners from the next-door parish of Azdamichy also attended. Прастольнае сьвята Ўваскрасеньня Гасподняга, Цераблічы 2017 г.  (III/VII). У… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 12, 2018

Photos of the Day for September 1, 2017

Patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity (III/ VIII), Azdamichy 2017. Прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы ў царкве Сьвятой Тройцы (III/ VIII), Аздамічы 2017 г.     Children’s communion. Дзіцячае прычасьце.                   Procession.  Orthodox processions move counter-clockwise three times around the church, stopping… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 1, 2017

Photos of the Day for April 17, 2017

Easter (Bright) Monday children’s service, Azdamichy 2015. Дзіцячая служба й прычасьце, Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2015 г.                 Cleaning the church on Easter (Bright) Monday for the patronal feast of the Resurrection on Easter (Bright) Tuesday, Tsjerablichy 2015. Прыборка царквы ў Сьветлы панядзелак для прастольнага сьвята Ўваскрэшаньня Хрыстовага ў… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 17, 2017

Photos of the Day for January 16, 2017

Eastern Orthodox great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (IV/V):  children’s communion.  Azdamichy, December 4, 2016. The parish of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy preserves the tradition — once shared by other confessions — that men stand on the right (the epistle side), and women on the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 16, 2017