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
Tag: Orthodox Christian rites
Photos of the Day for April 25, 2017
Eastertide rites in Belarus: Radaunitsa (Радаўніца) — one of the most important rites honoring one’s forebears in the Belarusian cycle of the year, a rite with deep pre-Christian roots. On the morning of Radaunitsa, which falls on the Tuesday nine days after Easter, parishioners gather for a memorial service in their church or, as here… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 25, 2017
Photos of the Day for January 15, 2017
Eastern Orthodox great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (III/V): liturgy. Azdamichy, December 4, 2016. Праваслаўнае вялікае сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (III/V): літургія. Аздамічы, 4 сьнежня 2016 г.
Photos of the Day for January 14, 2017
Eastern Orthodox great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (II/V). Azdamichy, December 4, 2016. Mirroring the feast day itself as well as the feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas on February 2 in the west, Sretsjen’nje Haspodnjaje on February 15 in Eastern Orthodoxy),… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 14, 2017
Photos of the Day for January 13, 2017
Eastern Orthodox great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (I/V). Azdamichy, December 4, 2016. The Entry into the Temple is one of the 12 great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar. Праваслаўнае вялікае сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (I/V). Аздамічы, 4 сьнежня 2016 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 13, 2017
Photo of the Day for January 11, 2017
Vespers on the eve of the December 4 great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (III/III). Tsjerablichy 2016. Вячэрня напярэдадні вялікага сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (III/III). Цераблічы 2016 г. Tending the candles. Дагляд за сьвечкамі.
Photos of the Day for January 10, 2017
Vespers on the eve of the December 4 great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (II/III). Tsjerablichy 2016. Вячэрня напярэдадні вялікага сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (II/III). Цераблічы 2016 г. Hard-working hands, for a moment still and folded properly at the anointing with… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 10, 2017
Photos of the Day for October 18, 2016
Blessing of Apples, Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast), Tsjerablichy 2016. The timing of feast-day celebrations differed between the neighboring villages of Azdamichy and Tsjerablichy. Therefore it was possible to attend the blessing of apples in Tsjerablichy during the break in the Azdamichy service. Асьвячэньне яблыкаў, Яблычны Спас, царква Ўваскрасеньня Хрыстова, Цераблічы 2016 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 18, 2016
Photos of the Day for October 14, 2016
Feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast), Azdamichy 2016. After the blessing of apples, parishioners hurry to the cemetery to place blessed fruit on the graves of their forebears. Праабражэньне Гасподняе/Яблычны Спас, Аздамічы 2016 г. Прыхаджане сьпяшацца на могілкі, каб пакласьці асьвячоныя плоды на магілы продкаў… …пакудь хор дасьпявае апошныя песьні пасьля пяцігадзіннай службы.
Photos of the Day for October 13, 2016
Blessing of apples, feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast), Azdamichy 2016. After the blessing of apples, parishioners pack up their apples and await the third circuit, when Father Aljaksandr offers the cross to be kissed. The kissing of the cross is another moment which demonstrates parents’ and grandparents’ keen interest in passing on their faith… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 13, 2016