Tag: women of Polesia

Photo of the Day for August 21, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  Prosja (born January 14, 1918).  Tsjerablichy 2019. Great-Granny Prosja has been busy this week helping her daughter Halja with the potato harvest. Партрэты Палесься: бабуля Прося (нарадзілася 14.01.1918 г.).  Цераблічы 2019 г. Гэты тыдзень бабуля Прося капае бульбу з дачкой Галяй.        

Photo of the Day for August 7, 2019

Portraits of Polesia:  Azdamichy 2019. The bench (part XIX):  what can seem more prosaic than the plain wooden bench in front of almost every village house in Belarus?  And yet the bench is the pivot of social life, the gathering place of generations on a summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent observation post.  The… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 7, 2019

Photo of the Day for May 29, 2019

Eastertide portraits of Polesia:  portrait requested by Maryja for her gravestone, Tsjerablichy 2019. Велікодныя партрэты Палесься: партрэт папрошаны спадарыняй Марыяй для яе надмагільля, Цераблічы 2019 г.    

Photo of the Day for December 1, 2018

Portraits of Polesia:  patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2018. Партрэты Палесься: прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, царква Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2018 г.    

Photos of the Day for November 28, 2018

Patronal feast of the Holy Trinity, Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2018. Прастольнае сьвята Сьвятой Тройцы, царква Сьвятой Тройцы, Аздамічы 2018 г.     Granddaughters and their grannies. Унучкі з бабулямі.              

Photos of the Day for October 10, 2018

Portraits of Polesia:  Prosja, Tsjerablichy 2018. In her 101st year, granny Prosja has hardly slowed down, and no visit to Tsjerablichy is complete without greeting her as she works in her garden or, here, in her potato patch some distance from her house. Партрэты Палесься:  бабуля Прося, Цераблічы 2018 г. Заўсёды прыемна пабачыцца ды пагутарыць… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 10, 2018

Photo of the Day for January 18, 2017

Awaiting the start of vespers, Orthodox church of the Resurrection, Tsjerablichy 2015. The parish of the Resurrection in Tsjerablichy follows the ancient Christian practice that women worship on the left side (Gospel side) of the nave, except for spillover, and men on the right side (Epistle side). Прыхаджанкі ў чаканьні пачатку вячэрні, царква Ўваскрэсеньня Гасподняга,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for January 18, 2017