Tag: Polesia

Photos of the Day for September 27, 2020

Photo excursion through western Stolin District (Fjadory, Radchytsk, Plotnitsa, Sitsitsk) and eastern Pinsk District (Vujvichy, Bizharavichy, Mjasjatsichy, Ljemjashevichy) 2014. Фотавандроўка па заходнім Столінскім раёне (Фядоры, Радчыцк, Плотніца, Сіціцк) і ўсходнім Пінскім раёне (Вуйвічы, Біжаравічы, Мясяцічы, Лемяшэвічы) 2014 г.   Polesian oak grove. See also photos of the day for January 2, 2018; July 23, 2016;… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 27, 2020

Photo of the Day for August 19, 2020

Blessing of parishioners by Archbishop S’tsjafan at the end of the service, Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018:  VI/VI.  Дабраслаўленьне прыхаджанаў архіепіскапам Сьцяфанам напрыканцы службы, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.:  VI/VI.    

Photo of the Day for August 18, 2020

Portraits of Polesia:  three generations, Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018:  V/VI.  Партрэты Палесься: тры пакаленьні, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.:  V/VI.    

Photos of the Day for August 17, 2020

Portraits of Polesia:  Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018:  IV/VI.  Партрэты Палесься: Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.:  IV/VI.     World War II veteran Ветэран Другой сусьветнай вайны.         After the Blessing of Flowers Пасьля асьвячэньня кветак         “Old Pirate” „Стары пірат“  

Photos of the Day for August 16, 2020

Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje) or Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018:  III/VI.  August 14 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. Most celebrations of Mjadovy Spas in Belarus emphasize the blessing of honey and water and the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 16, 2020

Photos of the Day for August 15, 2020

Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje) or Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018:  II/VI.  August 14 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. Most celebrations of Mjadovy Spas in Belarus emphasize the blessing of honey and water and the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 15, 2020

Photos of the Day for August 14, 2020

Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2018:  I/VI.  This August 14 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 observed rites in August to mark the transition from summer to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 14, 2020

Photo of the Day for August 13, 2020

Churches of Belarus (part CCCLXXX):  Orthodox church of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan (1913), Davyd-Haradok 2018. Цэрквы Беларусі (частка CCCLXXX): царква абраза Маці Божай Казанскай (1913 г.), Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.