Photos of the Day for February 9, 2018

Prosja (Eufrasin’nja) Shpakjevich’s hundredth birthday, Tsjerablichy, January 14, 2018.  Congratulations and very best wishes to Granny Prosja and her family and many, many happy returns of the day! Соты дзень народзінаў бабулі Просі Шпакевіч, 14 студзеня 2018 г.  Віншую Вас, бабуля Прося, і Вашу сям’ю.  Здароўя, шчасьця й яшчэ шмат гадоў!     Granny Prosja.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 9, 2018

Photos of the Day for February 7, 2018

Portraits of Polesia:  rites on Old New Year’s Eve (Shchadrets – Шчадрэц, January 13), Tsjerablichy 2018. Партрэты Палесься: абрады на Шчадрэц, Цераблічы 2018 г.     Placing a bundle of straw under the table. Спадарыня Каця кладзе стус саломы пад стол.         Caroling house to house.  Carolers wish health and happiness for… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 7, 2018

Photos of the Day for August 10, 2017

Orthodox Trinity Sunday/Pentecost. Eastern Orthodoxy celebrates the feast of  Trinity on the same day as Pentecost, whereas western churches celebrate Trinity on the Sunday following Pentecost.  In Belarus the feast is traditionally called Sjomukha (Сёмуха), from the word for “seven”, since the feast falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter.  In popular tradition marking the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 10, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 30, 2017

St. Nicholas is highly venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy and churches in Belarus celebrate two feast days (Mikola — Мікола) in his honor:  spring Mikola on May 22 to mark the translation of his relics from Lycia in Asia Minor to Bari in 1087 and winter Mikola on December 19 to celebrate his working of wonders.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 30, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 20, 2017

At Granny Vul’ljana’s loom (II/VI), Tsjerablichy 2017.  Parts III-VI in the series will appear July 23-26. За кроснамі бабулі Вульляны (II/VI), Цераблічы 2017 г.  Серыя пра кросны працягваецца 23-26 ліпеня.   Granny Vul’ljana’s linen chest covered by a sample of her weaving and embroidery.  Бабуля Вульлянін сундук, пакрыты ўзорамі яе ткацтва й вышыўкі.    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 20, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 17, 2017

Portraits of Polesia:  feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (VIII/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Партрэты Палесься:  сьвятога апостала… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 17, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 16, 2017

Portraits of Polesia:  feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (VII/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Партрэты Палесься:  сьвятога апостала… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 16, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 15, 2017

Portraits of Polesia:  feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (VI/VIII). In commemoration of its former wooden church of St. John the Evangelist, built in 1792 and destroyed under the Soviet regime, the Orthodox parish of the Nativity celebrates St. John the Evangelist (May 21) as a patronal feast. Партрэты Палесься:  сьвятога апостала… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 15, 2017