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Photos of the Day for August 16, 2017

Ausjamirava 2017. Аўсямірава 2017 г.     Portraits of Polesia. We stopped to wish these grannies a happy Trinity and to ask the way to the Orthodox church. Партрэты Палесься. Спыніліся, каб віншаваць бабуляк са сьвятам і спытаць дарогу на царкву.         Churches of Belarus (part CCXI):  Orthodox church of the Archangel… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 16, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 15, 2017

Ausjamirava 2017. On Trinity Sunday afternoon we made an excursion to visit the Orthodox church in Ausjamirava, a village off the beaten track in the central Pripet area northwest of Stolin.  The village itself held our attention, pleasantly slowing our approach to the church. Аўсямірава 2017 г.     Crosses of Belarus (part LXXII). The… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 15, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 14, 2017

Orthodox Trinity Sunday/Pentecost:  portraits of Polesia.  Azdamichy 2017. Сёмуха/Тройца:  партрэты Палесься.  Аздамічы 2017 г.    

Photos of the Day for August 12, 2017

Trinity Sunday/Pentecost.  Portraits of Polesia, Azdamichy 2017. Сёмуха/Тройца.  Партрэты Палесься:   Даша…і з мамай і малодшай сястрой.  Аздамічы 2017 г.    

Photos of the Day for August 11, 2017

Orthodox Trinity Sunday/Pentecost, Azdamichy 2017. Guiding hands:  transmission of faith and traditions from generation to generation. Сёмуха/Тройца:  з пакаленьня ў пакаленьне.  Аздамічы 2017 г.               Chuldren’s communion. Дзіцячае прычасьце.               Kissing the cross and icon. Цалаваньне крыжа й абраза напрыканцы службы.    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 11, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 10, 2017

Orthodox Trinity Sunday/Pentecost. Eastern Orthodoxy celebrates the feast of  Trinity on the same day as Pentecost, whereas western churches celebrate Trinity on the Sunday following Pentecost.  In Belarus the feast is traditionally called Sjomukha (Сёмуха), from the word for “seven”, since the feast falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter.  In popular tradition marking the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 10, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 9, 2017

Cemetery in Harodniki (Ashmjany District) 2017. Every cemetery, even in a small village, is a lesson in local history and the history of the nation. Могілкі ў Гародніках (Ашмянскі раён) 2017 г.     Churches of Belarus (part CCX):  cemetery chapel of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (1864). Касьцёлы Беларусі (CCX):  капліца Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 9, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 8, 2017

Ashmjany Roman Catholic cemetery (II/II) 2017. Рыма-каталіцкія могілкі ў Ашмянах (II/II) 2017 г.   Graves of Polish soldiers who fell in the war against the Bolsheviks 1919-21; grave of a veteran of the 1863 Polish-Lithuanian uprising against the Russian Empire and of her daughter. Могілкі польскіх жаўнераў, упалых у вайне супраць бальшавікаў (1919-21) ды ветэранкі Паўстаньня… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 8, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 7, 2017

Return visit to Ashmjany and surroundings 2017. See also photos of the day for November 8-17, 2016. Зноў на Ашмяншчыну 2017 г. Гл. таксама фотаздымкі дня 8-17 лістапада 2016 г.     Ashmjany Roman Catholic cemetery (I/II).  Quiet and overgrown, the Roman Catholic cemetery is tucked into the folds of a hill on the north… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 7, 2017