Tag: Polesia

Photo of the Day for December 30, 2016

Portraits of Polesia:  Granny Prosja (1918) at work.  Tsjerablichy 2016. Vjerka and I stopped by Granny Prosja’s house to say hello but she had gone out in the falling snow to try to cover the pile of hay she uses in tending her chickens.  We found her hard at work in the barnyard. In the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 30, 2016

Photo of the Day for November 19, 2016

Tsjerablichy-Machul’ road in October fog.  Tsjerablichy 2014. Дарога Цераблічы-Мачуль у кастрычніцкім тумане 2014 г.  

Photos of the Day for October 25, 2016

Architectural patrimony of Pinsk 2016.  It is always a pleasure to visit Pinsk.  Below are more examples of the wide variety of styles which one may still find in the city despite decades of depredation.  See also photos of the day for July 21, 2016 and April 24, 2016. Некалькі ўзораў з  архітэктурнай спадчыны Пінску… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 25, 2016

Photos of the Day for October 21, 2016

Harvest-time in Polesia (Pripet Marshes).  Tsjerablichy 2016. Ураджай у сярэдняй Прыпяці.  Цераблічы 2016 г.     Onions.  Цыбуля.         Apple season.  Пора яблыкаў.  

Photos of the Day for October 11, 2016

Blessing of apples, Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast), Azdamichy 2016. Father Aljaksandr makes three circuits of the churchyard to cense the apples, to bless them with water, and to offer the cross for parishioners to kiss before they hurry to the cemetery to place blessed fruit on the graves of their forebears. Асьвячэньне… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 11, 2016

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.