Photos of the Day for September 16, 2017

Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2017:  II/V.  Parishioners eagerly await the blessing of flowers.   Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2017 г.:  II/V.           

Photo of the Day for September 15, 2017

Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2017:  I/V.  August 14 is one of the clearest examples of syncretism, the overlapping or fusion of Christian and pre-Christian rites, in the Belarusian cycle of the year. From pre-Christian times, Belarusians have observed rites in August to mark the transition from summer to autumn, from… Continue reading Photo of the Day for September 15, 2017

Photo of the Day for September 5, 2017

Portraits of Polesia, patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity (VII/VIII), Azdamichy 2017. Партрэты Палесься, прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы ў царкве Сьвятой Тройцы (VII/VIII), Аздамічы 2017 г.  

Photos of the Day for August 1, 2017

Spring patronal feast of St. Nicholas (Mikola — May 22), part III/III:  procession and blessing of the church and parishioners with water.   Orthodox church of St. Nicholas, Karotsichy 2017. Мікола вясновы (22 траўня), частка II/III:  хрэсны ход і асьвячэньне вадой.   Царква Сьвяціцеля Мікалая Цудатворца, Кароцічы 2017 г.