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Photo of the Day for November 4, 2021

Photo survey of Polesia in western Homjel’ Region 2015: Ljel’chytsy District (Bujnavichy, Buda-Safijeuka), Kalinkavichy District (Juravichy, Hrada), and the city of Mazyr. Фотавандроўка па спадчыне Палесься на заходняй Гомельшчыне 2015 г.: Лельчыцкі раён (Буйнавічы, Буда-Сафіеўка), Калінкавіцкі раён (Юравічы, Града) і Мазыр.     Landscapes of Polesia. Палескія пейзажы.  

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

Photo of the Day for August 11, 2021

Polesian light in August (Jana with her bike).  Tsjerablichy 2011. Палескае асьвятленьне ў жніўні (Яна са сваім роварам).  Цераблічы 2011 г.    

Photos of the Day for May 1, 2021

Homeward bound after blessing of parishioners’ Easter bread on Orthodox Holy Saturday.  Azdamichy 2012. Orthodox Easter falls on May 2 in 2021.  It is a tradition in many parishes for the priest to bless parishioners’ Easter bread in the afternoon of Holy Saturday.  This practice was all the more prevalent in Azdamichy in eastern part… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 1, 2021