Tag: Polesia

Photos of the Day for September 7, 2021

Photo survey of the patrimony of Zhabinka and Kobryn Districts 2013, part 1:  Zhabinka District (S’tsjapanki, Arepichy, Sjakhnovichy Malyja, Sjakhnovichy Vjalikija, Matsijevichy (Matsjejevichy), Z’dzitava, Zhabinka, Krupchytsy (Chyzheushchyna)   Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Жабінкаўскага й Кобрынскага раёнаў, частка 1: Жабінкаўскі раён (Сьцяпанкі, Арэпічы, Сяхновічы Малыя, Сяхновічы Вялікія, Маціевічы (Мацеевічы), Зьдзітава, Жабінка, Крупчыцы (Чыжэўшчына)   Wooden houses with… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 7, 2021

Eufrasin’nja (Prosja) Shpakjevich / Эўфрасіньня (Прося) Шпакевіч

It was with great sorrow that I learned of the death today of Prosja Shpakjevich (January 14, 1918 – September 6, 2021).  One would invariably come across Granny Prosja hard at work in the yard or family plots even at 100+.  She would always give a shy smile and chat in her quiet, observant way. … Continue reading Eufrasin’nja (Prosja) Shpakjevich / Эўфрасіньня (Прося) Шпакевіч

Photo of the Day for September 3, 2021

Patrimony of Polesia:  Polish-era cobblestone street, Davyd-Haradok 2017. Спадчына Палесься: брук польскіх часоў, Давыд-Гарадок 2017 г.  

Photo of the Day for August 19, 2021

Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), August 19, 2019.  This was the fifth year in a row I was able to celebrate the blessing of apples with the parish of the Resurrection in Tsjerablichy. The feast of the Transfiguration/Jablychny Spas falls in the middle of the two-week fast which ends with… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 19, 2021

Photo of the Day for August 14, 2021

Portraits of Polesia:  great-grandmother with her great-grandson after the blessing of flowers, August 14th Orthodox feast of Makauje/Mjadovy Spas, Davyd-Haradok 2018. Партрэты Палесься: прабабуля са сваім праўнукам пасьля асьвячэньня кветак, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.  

Photo of the Day for August 13, 2021

Blessing of flowers, feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018.  The Orthodox Christian feast of Makauje/Mjadovy Spas falls on August 14.  This feast is one of the clearest examples of syncretism, the overlapping or fusion of Christian and pre-Christian rites, in the Belarusian cycle of the year. From pre-Christian times, Belarusians have… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 13, 2021