Photo expedition to Vaukavysk and Masty Districts (Jatvjez’, Kalantai, River Ros’, Lichytsy, Krasnasjel’ski, Ros’, Lunna, Voupa) with Vaukavysk master photographer and local historian Uladzislau Mihdaljonak (Уладзіслаў Мігдалёнак/Владислав Мигдалёнок), January 2017. Фотаэкспедыцыя па Ваўкавыскым і Мастоўскім раёнах (Ятвезь, Калантаі, рака Рось, Лічыцы, Краснасельскі, Рось, Лунна, Воўпа) з выдатным фатографам і краязнаўцам Уладзіславам Мігдалёнкам, студзень 2017 г. … Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 13, 2017
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Photos of the Day for February 21, 2017
Polesia on Old-New Year’s Eve: Davyd-Haradok (III/VI) 2017. У чаканьні палескага шчадрэца: Давыд-Гарадок (III/VI) 2017 г. Churches of Belarus (part CXCVII): Orthodox church of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan (1913). Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CXCVII): царква Маці Божай Казанскай (1913 г.). Churches of Belarus (part CXCVIII): Orthodox church… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 21, 2017
Photos of the Day for January 17, 2017
Eastern Orthodox great feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God (V/V): portraits. Azdamichy, December 4, 2016. Праваслаўнае вялікае сьвята Ўвядзеньня ў храм (Ахвяраваньня) Прасьвятой Багародзіцы (V/V): партрэты. Аздамічы, 4 сьнежня 2016 г.
Photos of the Day for December 13, 2016
Architectural patrimony of Shchuchyn and Harodnja Districts 2016 (III/V): photo expedition with Anton Astapovich, chairman of the Belarusian Association for the Conservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments (ГА БДТАПГК). Спадчына Шчучынскага й Гарадзенскага раёнаў 2016 г. (III/V): фотаэкспедыцыя з Антонам Астаповічам, старшынёй Беларускага дабраахвотнага таварыства аховы помнікаў гісторыі й культуры (ГА БДТАПГК). Churches of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 13, 2016
Photos of the Day for December 6, 2016
Villages of Staryja Darohi District 2015: Navasjolki and Jazyl’. Вёскі Старадарожскага раёна 2015 г.: Навасёлкі й Языль. Navasjolki. Навасёлкі. Jazyl’. Языль. Churches of Belarus (part CXCI): Orthodox church of the Transfiguration. This recently-completed church replaces a 19th-century wooden Orthodox church desecrated by the Soviet regime in 1950, used as a collective farm… Continue reading Photos of the Day for December 6, 2016
Photos of the Day for February 16, 2016
Belarus in winter: Stalovichy 2016. Беларусь узімку: Сталовічы 2016 г. Stalovichy, now a village of about 640 people, lies eight miles (12 kilometers) north of the district center Baranavichy in western Belarus. Before the Russian empire seized the western Belarusian lands in the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795), Stalovichy was the seat… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 16, 2016
Orthodox Nativity of Christ / Раство Хрыстовае
Christ is Born! Віншую з Раством Хрыстовым! З Різдвом Христовим! Matthew 2:9-12 (KJV): [9] When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. [10] When they saw the star, they rejoiced with… Continue reading Orthodox Nativity of Christ / Раство Хрыстовае
Photos of the Day for May 12, 2015
A new church bell for Tsjerablichy (II/II). Новы звон для Церабліч (II/II). A witty and wise Belarusian acquaintance notes that every bell has a soul, and that we think of bells as we think of the forest: they sing, breathe, weep, hum and harmonize, call out, sigh longingly, and laugh leapingly. Спрытная й разумная знаёмая… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 12, 2015
Photos of the Day for April 10, 2014
From a mid-January photo survey of the patrimony of north-eastern Valozhyn District. З вандроўкі па спадчыне паўночна-усходняй Валожыншчыны. Churches of Belarus (part LXIII): Orthodox church of the Annunciation (1867), Zabrez’zje, January 2014. This church, nestled in a grove of trees, is another example of the so-called Muravjouki (Муравёўкі). These churches were built by the Moscow… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 10, 2014
Photo of the Day for April 9, 2014
From a mid-January photo survey of the patrimony of north-eastern Valozhyn District. З вандроўкі па спадчыне паўночна-усходняй Валожыншчыны. View toward the Orthodox church of the Ascension, Jarshevichy, January 2014. Выгляд на царкву Ўшэсьця Гасподняга, Яршэвічы, студзень 2014 г.