Photos of the Day for May 10, 2021

Family farming:  planting potatoes.  Tsjerablichy 2014. Сямейнае фермерства: пасадка бульбы на сотках.  Цераблічы 2014 г.         Chief inspector. Старшы інспектар.  

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

Photos of the Day for April 3, 2021

Portraits of Polesia:  Chesa in traditional dress (stroj).  Tsjerablichy 2011. Партрэты Палесься: Чэса ў традыцыйным строі.  Цераблічы 2011 г.  

Photo of the Day for March 16, 2020

Traditional sacred corner (pokuts’) in a house, Tsjerablichy 2020. Homes in Belarus and elsewhere in the region customarily have an icon, framed by an embroidered runner, in a corner (“red corner”) of the main room.  Beneath the icon many homeowners place a table on which they traditionally place consecrated candles or small books.  It was… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 16, 2020

Photo of the Day for February 27, 2020

On the way home after the blessing of water for the Orthodox feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany, Azdamichy 2020. Дахаты пасьля асьвячэньня вады на Вадохрышча, Аздамічы 2020 г.  

Photos of the Day for February 19, 2020

Blessing the Host (Prosphora), vespers on the eve of the great Orthodox feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany (Vadokhryshcha), Tsjerablichy 2020. The Eastern Orthodox January 19 feast of the Baptism of Christ/Theophany corresponds to western Christian Epiphany; thus the vespers on January 18 is the Orthodox equivalent of Twelfth Night elebrations in western Christian confessions. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 19, 2020

Photos of the Day for January 26, 2020

Traditional Polesian autumn feast at Vjerka’s.  Tsjerablichy 2019. Палеская восеньская смаката ў Веркі.  Цераблічы 2019 г.