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 and other fruit in the churchyard. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 18, 2019
Tag: Christian and pre-Christian syncretism
Photo of the Day for September 15, 2017
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2017: I/V. 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. From pre-Christian times, Belarusians have observed rites in August to mark the transition from summer to autumn, from… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 15, 2017