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Victory Day – May 9th

By |2019-05-11T10:50:01+00:00May 8th, 2019|Categories: Holidays, Victory Day May 9|Tags: , , , |

What did the our soldiers eat at the front World War II ? "Our cook made various soups and, sometimes, main dishes, called "vegetable disorder" - it was healthy and besides super tasty. Maize (corn) groats was sent by the allies, at the end of the war - spring of 1944. This was something new, therefore [...]

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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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