Tag: Polesia

Orthodox Easter / Сьветлае Уваскрасеньне Хрыстова — Пасха

Christ is risen!  Happy Easter!  Хрыстос уваскрос!  Хрыстос уваскрос!  Хрыстос уваскрос!  Сапраўды ўваскрос! Христос Воскрес! Воістину Воскрес!     Midnight procession, and Orthodox all-night Easter service, Azdamichy 2016. Хросны ход а поўначы ды ўсяночная велікодная служба, Аздамічы 2016 г.         Blessing of Easter breads and eggs after the service. Асьвячэньне пасак.  

Photos of the Day for March 17, 2018

Immersion (kupan’nje – купаньне; also called Jardan’ – Іардань) on the January 19 Orthodox feast of the Baptism of the Lord/Theophany (Vadokhryshcha).  River Moustva, Tsjerablichy 2018. The custom of purification by total immersion in icy mid-winter water is pre-Christian, and is not recognized by the Orthodox church in Belarus as an official part of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 17, 2018

Photos of the Day for March 16, 2018

Orthodox feast of the Baptism of Jesus/Theophany (known colloquially as Vadokhryshcha – Вадохрышча).  Tsjerablichy 2018. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox liturgical cycle.  Vadokhryshcha is the Orthodox Christian equivalent of Western Christian Epiphany (January 6).  In celebrating the baptism of Christ, Vadokhryshcha commemorates the Theophany, the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 16, 2018

Photos of the Day for March 15, 2018

Orthodox feast of the Baptism of Jesus/Theophany (known colloquially as Vadokhryshcha – Вадохрышча).  Azdamichy 2018. Falling on January 19, Vadokhryshcha is one of the 12 great feasts in the Orthodox liturgical cycle.  Vadokhryshcha is the Orthodox Christian equivalent of Western Christian Epiphany (January 6).  In celebrating the baptism of Christ, Vadokhryshcha commemorates the Theophany, the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 15, 2018

Photo of the Day for March 14, 2018

Portraits of Polesia:  Chesa and her brother Mats’vjej, Tsjerablichy 2018. Партрэты Палесься: Чэса з брацікам Мацьвеем, Цераблічы 2018 г.  

Photos of the Day for February 18, 2018

Orthodox feast of the Circumcision of the Lord (January 14), Azdamichy 2018. Сьвята Абрэзаньня Гасподняга (14 студзеня), Аздамічы 2018 г.