Anglo-Belarusian Society

Take a look at the photo gallery  taken in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone by Vasil Evdokimov. It is 35 years since the Chernobyl disaster.

FILE – A 1986 file photo of an aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine showing damage from an explosion and fire in reactor four on April 26, 1986 that sent large amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere. Telling the story of Chernobyl in numbers 30 years later involves dauntingly large figures and others that are even more vexing because they’re still unknown. (AP Photo/Volodymyr Repik, File)

Dear Members and Friends,

Please join us for a commemoration of the 35th Anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Special guests of the Anglo-Belarusian Society will include:

Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, 2015

Condolence message

ASSOCIATION OF BELARUSIANS IN GREAT BRITAIN

is pleased to invite members of the Anglo-Belarusian Society and all friends  to join a celebratory meeting to mark  the 103rd anniversary of the proclamation of Independence of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (25 March 1918) on Saturday 27 March 2021 at 14:00 hrs – due to the legal restrictions on meeting currently in force  – as a Zoom meeting as follows:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85453327467…

English summary interpreting of the proceedings will be provided

ABGB Council

On Saturday, 27 February 2021 an Annual General Meeting of the Anglo-Belarusian Society will be held at 2pm online via Zoom.

The Anglo-Belarusian Society then cordially invites its members and friends to the Mother Language Day celebration with poetry readings and special guest appearances. Our annual Mother Language Day celebration will be organised with the participation of the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum and Association of Belarusians in Great Britain.

The event was inaugurated by the late Vera Rich to mark UNESCO Mother Language Day and involves poetry reading in all languages particularly Belarusian and English.

Read your favourite poem – works of modern poets or old favourites of your choice in Belarusian, English, Scots, Catalan, Finnish etc (no need to learn by heart!). Children are very welcome to participate.

The readings will start at 3 pm on Zoom and will be followed by virtual refreshments and chat.

The suggested minimum donation for ABS members – £5, for non-members – £10

If you wish to join or pay your annual ABS subscription, please read more how to do it here.

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All members and friends of the Belarusian community in Britain are cordially invited to the traditional Kaliady celebration organised by the Anglo-Belarusian Society on Thursday 31st December 2020, 12noon via Zoom.

There will be the traditional, well-loved Batlejka (Belarusian Christmas puppet show)  performed by Paval Šaǔcoǔ and his troupe performing online. There will also be festive folk songs for Friends and Families to sing along too.

Dress code: Kaliady folk costume.

There is opportunity to create your own Vycinanka or Bethlehem Star star prior the performance.

Kalyady

• Round Table on Belarus Hosted by LSESU European Society, 26th November, 6pm
• ЗБВБ: Стагодзьдзе Слуцкага збройнага чыну, 28 лістапада а 14:00
• Laying Flowers: Daily in London
• The Royal Scottish National Orchestra Digital Season concert (a tribute to the people of Belarus), 4 December.
• 2020 Kaliady and Batlejka in London 31.12 2020 12 noon