Orthodox “Carrying out of the Winding-Cloth” or Vynos Plashchanitsy (Вынос Плашчаніцы) during Holy Saturday Matins (Plashchanitsa). Church of the Transfiguration, Astryna 2008. For the procession during the matins service the priest carries the icon of the Holy Shroud (Plashchanitsa) in a frame above his head. Вынос Плашчаніцы пры ютрані. Вялікая субота, царква Праабражэньня Гасподняга,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 29, 2021
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Photos of the Day for June 9, 2019
All-night Orthodox Easter service, Azdamichy 2019 (I/III). Усяночная пасхальная служба, Аздамічы 2019 г. (I/III). Readings from the Scriptures as a prelude to the service. Чытаньні з Пісаньняў перад службай. Returning the Winding Cloth (Plashchanitsa) to the altar. Вяртаньне Плашчаніцы на алтар. Procession at… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 9, 2019
Photos of the Day for June 4, 2019
Orthodox Holy Saturday matins and procession with the icon of the Winding Cloth (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2019. Вялікая субота, Аздамічы 2019 г. 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… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 4, 2019
Photos of the Day for May 21, 2018
Holy Week and Eastertide in Polesia (II/XII). Страсны (русальны) тыдзень і сьветлы тыдзень на Палесьсі (II/XII). Orthodox feast of the Annunciation, Azdamichy 2018. In 2018 Orthodox Holy Saturday or Plashchanitsa (the celebration of Christ’s repose in the tomb) coincided with the fixed-date April 7 feast of the Annunciation, one of the twelve great feasts… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 21, 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)
Holy Saturday / Плашчаніца
Orthodox Holy Saturday Matins (Lamentation at the Tomb — Plashchanitsa), Azdamichy 2015. To mark the death of Christ and his repose in the tomb, the priest sets up a temporary altar table toward the rear of the nave to symbolize Christ’s tomb. The priest has a cloth icon spread out to cover the table. Commemorating… Continue reading Holy Saturday / Плашчаніца