Holy Week and Eastertide in Polesia (III/XII). Страсны (русальны) тыдзень і сьветлы тыдзень на Палесьсі (III/XII). Holy Saturday cleaning and preparation of the church for the all-night Easter service. Tsjerablichy 2018. Прыбор і падрыхтоўка царквы да ўсяночнай пасхальнай службы. Цераблічы 2018 г. Rehearsal for Sunday school performance on Easter… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 23, 2018
Tag: Orthodox Christian traditions
Photo of the Day for January 13, 2018
Old-New Year’s Eve (shchadrets – шчадрэц), Tsjerablichy, January 13, 2017. Shchadrets is a pre-Christian rite absorbed into the Christian tradition in Belarus. In villages of the central Pripet area groups of carolers carry a star-shaped pinwheel from house to house, and sing to bring good fortune; the family in each house offers food or money.… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 13, 2018
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
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
Photo of the Day for June 7, 2014
Kissing the special Easter bread at the end of the Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014. In a plain and profound profession of faith — and of determination to pass on that faith — a grandmother firmly and lovingly lifts her grandson to kiss the special Easter bread. Цалаваньне пасхальнага куліча (артаса) напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 7, 2014
Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014
After children’s communion, Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014. Here parents and grandparents line up with their children and grandchildren to kiss the cross held by Father Aljaksandr. Parishioners kiss the cross to remind themselves of Christ’s sacrifice and to receive the strength of the triumph over death that the cross represents. Напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014