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Photo of the Day for June 7, 2014

Kissing the special Easter bread at the end of the Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014. In a plain and profound profession of faith — and of determination to pass on that faith — a grandmother firmly and lovingly lifts her grandson to kiss the special Easter bread. Цалаваньне пасхальнага куліча (артаса) напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 7, 2014

Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014

After children’s communion, Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014.  Here parents and grandparents line up with their children and grandchildren to kiss the cross held by Father Aljaksandr.  Parishioners kiss the cross to remind themselves of Christ’s sacrifice and to receive the strength of the triumph over death that the cross represents. Напрыканцы службы, Сьветлы… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 6, 2014

Photos of the Day for June 5, 2014

Children’s Communion, Orthodox Easter Monday service, Azdamichy 2014.  Giving of communion to baptized infants and children is standard practice in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches. Дзіцячае прычасьце ў Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2014 год.    

Photos of the Day for June 4, 2014

Belarus in Faces (part CXXXVI):  Children’s Communion Service, Easter Monday, Azdamichy 2014. Беларусь у тварах (частка CXXXVI):  Дзіцячае прычасьце ў Сьветлы панядзелак, Аздамічы 2014 г.    

Photos of the Day for June 1, 2014

Belarus in Faces (part CXXXIV). Depending on the character of a village and the mix of kids, parents and grandparents, some village streets form themselves naturally into an extended agora.  Azdamichy’s main street is one such lively place, especially on a Sunday evening or after a major church feast, when kids gather to talk shop… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 1, 2014