Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Azdamichy, August 19, 2017. VI/VIII Blessing of apples in Azdamichy. Father Aljaksandr makes three circuits of the churchyard, in turn censing the fruit, sprinkling the fruit with holy water, and then offering the cross for parishioners to kiss before they hurry to the cemetery to… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 25, 2017
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Photos of the Day for September 24, 2017
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Azdamichy, August 19, 2017. V/VIII After the blessing in Tsjerablichy I returned for the end of the service in Azdamichy and blessing of apples. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Аздамічы 2017 г. V/VIII Пасьля асьвячэньня ў Цераблічах вярнуўся ў Аздамічы, каб прысутнічаць на канцы літургіі й… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 24, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 23, 2017
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Tsjerablichy, August 19, 2017. IV/VIII Blessing of apples and other first fruits in Tsjerablichy. Owing to the illness of parish priest Father Vital’, Father Mikalaj from Plotnitsa officiated. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Цераблічы 2017 г. IV/VIII Асьвячэньне яблыкаў ды іншай садавіны ў Цераблічах. З-за таго,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 23, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 22, 2017
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Tsjerablichy, August 19, 2017. III/VIII The break in the service in Azdamichy gave me the opportunity to drive to Tsjerablichy, where I found people in the churchyard waiting for the blessing of apples. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Цераблічы 2017 г. III/VIII Падчас перапынку ў Аздамічах… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 22, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 21, 2017
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), Azdamichy, August 19, 2017. II/VIII Portraits during the break in the service. Праабражэньне Гасподняе (Яблычны Спас), Аздамічы 2017 г. II/VIII Партрэты падчас перапынку. After I took this photo… Пасьля таго, як здымаў спадарыняў на лаўцы… …three of the ladies insisted that… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 21, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 20, 2017
Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), August 19, 2017. I/VIII It has now been my great fortune to celebrate the Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing Feast – Jablychny Spas) for eleven years in a row with the parishioners of the church of the Holy Trinity in Azdamichy. This was also… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 20, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 19, 2017
Portraits of Polesia: feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2017: V/V. Партрэты Палесься: Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2017 г.: V/V. A mother with her one-month-old baby. Маці са сваім аднамесячным дзіцём. After the blessing. Пасьля асьвячэньня. After I photographed this boy… Пасьля таго, як здымаў… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 19, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 18, 2017
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2017: IV/V. Priests normally bless with water by snapping the brush forward and back over their head. Here the priest uses a sidearm motion liberally to douse parishioners, causing much merriment. Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2017 г.: IV/V.
Photos of the Day for September 17, 2017
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2017: III/V. Parishioners focus on the actual blessing, and in the forecourt of the church in Davyd-Haradok they raise their bouquets with such fervor that one feels lifted off one’s feet. The excitement and intensity of devotion has not been diminished by the decision of Davyd-Haradok’s… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 17, 2017
Photos of the Day for September 16, 2017
Feast of the Maccabees (Makauje)/Honey-Blessing feast (Mjadovy Spas), Davyd-Haradok 2017: II/V. Parishioners eagerly await the blessing of flowers. Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2017 г.: II/V.