Pentecost: Papshychy 2019 (IV/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area. To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 25, 2019
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Photo of the Day for January 12, 2019
Photo expedition in Valozhyn and Maladzjechna Districts, autumn 2018: Zabrez’zje, Harodz’ki, Losk, Kashchelichy, Dubina Jurzdytskaja, Khoukhlava, Jarshevichy. Фотавандроўка па Валожынскім і Маладзечанскім раёнах увосень 2018 г.: Забрэзьзе, Гародзькі, Лоск, Кашчэлічы, Дубіна Юрздыцкая, Хоўхлава, Яршэвічы. Part V/IX: tending garden plots, Kashchelichy 2018. Частка V/IX: на сотках, Кашчэлічы 2018 г.
Photo of the Day for December 24, 2018
Belarusian yard: everything in order. Azdamichy 2018. Чысьценькі, акуратны палескі двор. Аздамічы 2018 г.
Photos of the Day for September 16, 2018
Photo excursion to northwestern Valozhyn District: Valozhyn, Bahdanava, Vajhany, Mas’tsishcha, Vishnjeva. Фотавандроўка па паўночна-заходняй частцы Валожынскага раёна: Валожын, Багданава, Вайганы, Масьцішча, Вішнева. Valozhyn 2018. The architectural patrimony of the district center of Valozhyn has suffered grievous neglect and depredations at the hands of the local administration and Orthodox parish. A lack of time meant… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 16, 2018
Photos of the Day for May 9, 2018
Churches of Belarus (part CCLXIII): Orthodox church of St. Anne (originally built 1861 in a traditional Belarusian style, recently totally rebuilt with an alien golden onion dome), Zahor’je 2018. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CCLXIII): царква Сьв. Ганны (пабудавана ў 1861 г. у традыцыйным, укаранелым беларускім стылі драўлянага дойлідства, у апошні час цалкам перабудаваная як цагляная царква… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 9, 2018