Tag: Orthodox church rites

Photos of the Day for April 12, 2018

Patronal feast of the Resurrection of the Lord, Tsjerablichy 2017 (III/VII). Tsjerablichy’s church of the Resurrection celebrates its patronal feast on Easter Tuesday.  In 2017 priests from surrounding parishes presided in the absence of Tsjerablichy’s Father Vital’.  Parishioners from the next-door parish of Azdamichy also attended. Прастольнае сьвята Ўваскрасеньня Гасподняга, Цераблічы 2017 г.  (III/VII). У… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 12, 2018

Photos of the Day for April 11, 2018

Patronal feast of the Resurrection of the Lord, Tsjerablichy 2017 (II/VII). Tsjerablichy’s church of the Resurrection celebrates its patronal feast on Easter Tuesday.  In 2017 priests from surrounding parishes presided in the absence of Tsjerablichy’s Father Vital’.  Parishioners from the next-door parish of Azdamichy also attended. Прастольнае сьвята Ўваскрасеньня Гасподняга, Цераблічы 2017 г.  (II/VII). У… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 11, 2018

Photos of the Day for April 10, 2018

Patronal feast of the Resurrection of the Lord, Tsjerablichy 2017 (I/VII). Tsjerablichy’s church of the Resurrection celebrates its patronal feast on Easter Tuesday.  In 2017 priests from surrounding parishes presided in the absence of Tsjerablichy’s Father Vital’. Прастольнае сьвята Ўваскрасеньня Гасподняга, Цераблічы 2017 г.  (I/VII). У адсутнасьці айца Віталя, сьвятары з суседніх прыходаў узначальвалі службу.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 10, 2018

Orthodox Holy Saturday / Вялікая субота (Плашчаніца)

Orthodox Holy Saturday Matins (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2016. To mark the death of Christ and his repose in the tomb, the priest sets up a temporary altar table, an altar of repose (the symbolic tomb of Christ), toward the rear of the nave.  The priest — Father Aljaksandr in Azdamichy —… Continue reading Orthodox Holy Saturday / Вялікая субота (Плашчаніца)

Photos of the Day for January 19, 2018

Feast of the Theophany (Vadokhryshcha), Azdamichy 2016. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox liturgical cycle.  In marking the baptism of Christ, Vadokhryshcha commemorates the Theophany, the Orthodox Christian equivalent of Western Christian Epiphany (January 6).  Thus the blessing of water, in remembrance of Christ’s baptism, celebrates… Continue reading Photos of the Day for January 19, 2018

Photo of the Day for January 17, 2018

Mid-winter light in Polesia.  Tsjerablichy 2017. Сьвятло ў сярэдзіне зімы.  Цераблічы 2017 г.    

Orthodox Christmas / Раство Хрыстовае

Christ is born!   Make glad, O you righteous! Greatly rejoice, O heavens! Dance for joy, O mountains; for Christ is born! The virgin has become like the cherubic throne. She carries at her bosom God the Word, made flesh. Shepherds glorify the newborn child. Wise men offer the master gifts. Angels praise Him and… Continue reading Orthodox Christmas / Раство Хрыстовае

Photos of the Day for September 1, 2017

Patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity (III/ VIII), Azdamichy 2017. Прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы ў царкве Сьвятой Тройцы (III/ VIII), Аздамічы 2017 г.     Children’s communion. Дзіцячае прычасьце.                   Procession.  Orthodox processions move counter-clockwise three times around the church, stopping… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 1, 2017

Photos of the Day for October 10, 2016

Children’s communion, Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast), Azdamichy 2016. Children receive communion in the Orthodox tradition; the rite is a powerful and moving example of parents’ and grandparents’ transmission of faith and tradition to their offspring. Дзіцячае прычасьце, Праабражэньне Гасподняе/Яблячны Спас, Аздамічы 2016 г.