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Maslenitsa is Sunshine and Pancakes

By |2014-02-28T23:45:25+00:00February 28th, 2014|Categories: Breakfast, Holidays, Maslenitsa|Tags: , , , |

Sunshine and pancakes: that’s the theme of Maslenitsa! Loosely translated as Butter Pancake Week, Maslenitsa is a Slavic festival that originated in pagan times as a way to bid farewell to winter and welcome in the sunny season of Spring. Maslenitsa (Russian Pancake Week) The deliciously gluttonous week of sweet and savory blini – pronounced blee-nee [...]

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Traditions Intertwined: Russian Pagan Rituals and Christian Customs

By |2019-01-04T23:28:25+00:00January 26th, 2014|Categories: Holidays|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Last weekend, despite bone chilling temperatures of nearly 20C below zero in Moscow, thousands of Russian Orthodox faithful took a plunge into icy cold waters to honor Epiphany (Bogoyavlenie) – the revelation of God as Son, and in human form as Jesus Christ. For believers across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus this holiday is rooted as much [...]

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