Today is Orthodox Pentecost/Trinity Sunday. З нагоды Сёмухі-Сьвятой Тройцы. Са сьвятам!
Tag: Eastern Orthodox rites
Photo of the Day for August 19, 2021
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), August 19, 2019. This was the fifth year in a row I was able to celebrate the blessing of apples with the parish of the Resurrection in Tsjerablichy. The feast of the Transfiguration/Jablychny Spas falls in the middle of the two-week fast which ends with… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 19, 2021
Photo of the Day for July 4, 2021
Panjekhida for Granddad Vasil’ (see photos for May 28, 2021). May he rest in heavenly peace. A panjekhida is an Eastern Orthodox memorial service for a deceased family member just before or on the 40th day; those attending pray for the acceptance of the deceased into heaven. In the Polesian villages of Tsjerablichy and Azdamichy… Continue reading Photo of the Day for July 4, 2021
Photos of the Day for May 1, 2021
Homeward bound after blessing of parishioners’ Easter bread on Orthodox Holy Saturday. Azdamichy 2012. Orthodox Easter falls on May 2 in 2021. It is a tradition in many parishes for the priest to bless parishioners’ Easter bread in the afternoon of Holy Saturday. This practice was all the more prevalent in Azdamichy in eastern part… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 1, 2021
Photos of the Day for April 30, 2021
Blessing of parishioners’ Easter bread on Orthodox Holy Saturday. Azdamichy 2012. Orthodox Easter falls on May 2 in 2021. It is a tradition in many parishes for the priest to bless parishioners’ Easter bread in the afternoon of Holy Saturday. This practice was all the more prevalent in Azdamichy in eastern part of Stolin District… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 30, 2021
Photo of the Day for April 29, 2021
Orthodox “Carrying out of the Winding-Cloth” or Vynos Plashchanitsy (Вынос Плашчаніцы) during Holy Saturday Matins (Plashchanitsa). Church of the Transfiguration, Astryna 2008. For the procession during the matins service the priest carries the icon of the Holy Shroud (Plashchanitsa) in a frame above his head. Вынос Плашчаніцы пры ютрані. Вялікая субота, царква Праабражэньня Гасподняга,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 29, 2021
Photo of the Day for January 20, 2021
Blessing of houses on Vadokhryshcha (January 19). Azdamichy 2019. Асьвячэньне хат на Вадохрышча. Аздамічы 2019 г.
Photos of the Day for January 19, 2021
Feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany (Vadokhryshcha – Вадохрышча), Tsjerablichy 2019. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox Christian liturgical cycle. Vadokhryshcha commemorates both the baptism of the Lord and the Theophany (the simultaneous revelation of God in three parts — Father, Son and Holy Spirit). With… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 19, 2021
Orthodox Christmas 2021 / Раство Хрыстовае
Christ is born! Make glad, O you righteous! Greatly rejoice, O heavens! Dance for joy, O mountains; for Christ is born! The virgin has become like the cherubic throne. She carries at her bosom God the Word, made flesh. Shepherds glorify the newborn child. Wise men offer the master gifts. Angels praise Him and… Continue reading Orthodox Christmas 2021 / Раство Хрыстовае
Photos of the Day for April 20, 2020
Transmission of Faith: kissing the special Easter loaf (Artos), Bright Monday (Orthodox Easter Monday), Azdamichy 2019 Перадача веры: цалаваньне артаса, Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.