Tag: Pripet Marshes

Photo of the Day for August 6, 2019

Portraits of Polesia: summer in Azdamichy 2019. The potatoes are growing well; the yards and barns are neat and tidy; the storks are tending to their fledglings (owing to a prolonged dry spell and consequent dearth of frogs in this part of the Pripet Marshes, it has been extremely rare to see more than one… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 6, 2019

Photo of the Day for June 24, 2019

Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.   Church procession.  In the Orthodox Christian tradition the procession proceeds counterclockwise three times around the church.  On the third circuit the procession stops at the four cardinal points for readings from the Gospels and blessing of the church and the congregation with… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 24, 2019

Photos of the Day for June 23, 2019

Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.   Children’s communion is also a point in the Orthodox liturgy when one can witness most directly the transmission of faith from generation to generation. Перадача веры ад пакаленьня пакаленьню падчас дзіцячага прычасьця таксама дае натхненьне й надзею.        

Photos of the Day for June 22, 2019

Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.   On Esster Monday one witnesses the transmission of faith is the most direct way when parents or grandparents lift their children or grandchildren to kiss the Artos (special Easter bread symbolizing the resurrection; the loaf is placed in the center of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 22, 2019

Photos of the Day for June 20, 2019

Censing the altar and the iconostasis, Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Абкурваньне алтара й іканастаса, Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.      

Photo of the Day for June 19, 2019

Grannies keeping watch, Easter Monday (Bright Monday) service, Azdamichy 2019. Бабулі прыглядаюць, Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2019 г.  

Photos of the Day for June 16, 2019

Kissing the Artos (special Easter loaf symbolizing the Resurrection).  Easter Day vespers service, Azdamichy 2019. The tradition of kissing the Artos is always a splendid occasion to witness two fundamental expressions of Belarusian culture.  First is the transmission of faith from parents or, more often, grandparents as they lift children to kiss the Artos.  Second… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 16, 2019

Photos of the Day for June 15, 2019

Easter Day vespers service, procession and homily.  Azdamichy 2019. Велікодная вячэрня, хрэсны ход ды пропаведзь айца Аляксандра.  Аздамічы 2019 г.