Photos of the Day for July 11, 2017

Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017 (II/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 . Сьвятога апостала Яна Багаслова, Вялікае Малешава… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 11, 2017

Photo of the Day for July 2, 2017

Summer.  Crosses of Belarus (part LXXI):  Ispas’ 2017. Лета.  Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXXI):  Іспась 2017 г.  

Photo of the Day for June 26, 2017

Old cobblestone roads (part I):  Bajary (Mjadzjel’ District) 2013. Старыя брукаванкі (частка I):  Баяры (Мядзельскі раён) 2013 г.    

Photos of the Day for June 13, 2017

Crosses of Belarus (part LXX):  rare cemetery cross hewn from a single bough-section, Bizharavichy 2007-2017. This cross was still in good shape when I first saw it in 2007.  However, the country-wide mania of cutting down cemetery trees hit Bizharavichy in 2014, and by late spring 2017 the last three years’ exposure to the elements… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 13, 2017

Photo of the Day for June 11, 2017

Rye field, Buda (Zhytkavichy District) 2012. Жытнёвае поле, Буда (Жыткавіцкі раён) 2012 г.  

Photos of the Day for May 20, 2017

Palm Sunday, Iuje 2017 (II/VI):  first Mass. Пальмовая нядзеля, Іўе 2017 г. (II/VI):  першая сьвятая Імша.