Belarus in winter: Stalovichy 2016. Беларусь узімку: Сталовічы 2016 г. Stalovichy, now a village of about 640 people, lies eight miles (12 kilometers) north of the district center Baranavichy in western Belarus. Before the Russian empire seized the western Belarusian lands in the third partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795), Stalovichy was the seat… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 16, 2016
Tag: Roman Catholic churches
Photos of the Day for September 10, 2014
Children’s Mass on the eve of the feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Hjervjaty 2014. Дзіцячая Сьв. Імша напярэдадні сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, касьцёл Сьв. Тройцы, Гервяты 2014 г. Hjervjaty lies in a belt of northwestern Belarusian towns and villages whose toponyms betray a heavy Baltic influence. Like other towns in its immediate… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 10, 2014
Photos of the Day for April 10, 2014
From a mid-January photo survey of the patrimony of north-eastern Valozhyn District. З вандроўкі па спадчыне паўночна-усходняй Валожыншчыны. Churches of Belarus (part LXIII): Orthodox church of the Annunciation (1867), Zabrez’zje, January 2014. This church, nestled in a grove of trees, is another example of the so-called Muravjouki (Муравёўкі). These churches were built by the Moscow… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 10, 2014
Photo of the Day for March 20, 2012: Churches of Belarus XIII / Касьцёлы й цэрквы Беларусі ХІII
Churches of Belarus (part XIII). Касьцёлы й цэрквы Беларусі (частка ХІII). S’vjerzhan’ Novy’s churches stand on two sides of the town square. In the foreground is the Roman Catholic church of Peter and Paul, built in Renaissance style at the end of the 16th century. In the background is the Orthodox (formerly Greek-Catholic) church of… Continue reading Photo of the Day for March 20, 2012: Churches of Belarus XIII / Касьцёлы й цэрквы Беларусі ХІII