Awaiting the blessing of flowers, patronal feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15), Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mjory 2011. It is customary in Roman Catholic churches in Belarus for parishioners to bring flowers to the Assumption Day Mass for the priest to bless both… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 17, 2021
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Photos of the Day for August 16, 2021
Procession, patronal feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15), Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mjory 2011. Працэсія, прастольнае сьвята Ўнебаўзяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі, касьцёл Унебаўзяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі, Мёры 2011 г.
Photos of the Day for October 25, 2019
Patronal feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15), Roman Catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Krasnaje 2019 (V/VI). Прастольнае сьвята Ўнебаўзяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі (15 жніўня), касьцёл Унебазўяцьця Найсьвяцейшай Панны Марыі, Краснае 2019 г. (V/VI). Blessing of flowers (harvest rite) at the end of the celebratory… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 25, 2019
Christmas 2018 / Нараджэньне Пана
Luke 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Паводле Лукі 2 10. І сказаў ім анёл: ня… Continue reading Christmas 2018 / Нараджэньне Пана
Photos of the Day for September 19, 2018
Photo excursion to northwestern Valozhyn District: Valozhyn, Bahdanava, Vajhany, Mas’tsishcha, Vishnjeva. Фотавандроўка па паўночна-заходняй частцы Валожынскага раёна: Валожын, Багданава, Вайганы, Масьцішча, Вішнева. Cemetery in Bahdanava 2018. Могілкі ў Багданаве 2018 г. Grave of the renowned painter and teacher Ferdynand Ruszczyts (1870-1936) — in Belarusian: Фердынанд Рушчыц; in Polish: Ferdynand Ruszczyc — in the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 19, 2018
Christmas / Нараджэньне Пана
Luke 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Паводле Лукі 2 10. І сказаў ім анёл: ня… Continue reading Christmas / Нараджэньне Пана
Photo of the Day for June 4, 2017
To commemorate Pentecost: roadside shrine, Papshychy 2014. To honor their long-ago deliverance from the plague, the villagers of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus celebrate Pentecost by carrying a long, special homespun cloth in a procession from this roadside shrine to an early-morning Mass at the village’s cemetery chapel. З нагоды Спасланьня Сьвятога… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 4, 2017
Photo of the Day for May 25, 2017
To commemorate the Feast of the Ascension: patronal feast day, Roman Catholic church of the Ascension, Dzjerkaushchyna 2014. З нагоды Ўнебаўшэсьця Пана: прастольнае сьвята й урачыстасьць, касьцёл Унебаўшэсьця Пана, Дзеркаўшчына 2014 г.