Russia is, in reality, a unique nation, which, alongside exceptionally developed current culture cautiously safeguards the national traditions profoundly established in the Orthodox religion as well as in paganism. The Russians still commend pagan occasions and numerous individuals still put stock in various signs and legends. Clearly, Russian traditions are a piece of the colorful […]
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Epiphany is praised 12 days after Christmas on January 6th (or January 19th for some Orthodox Church who have Christmas on January 7th, for example, Russia) and is when Christians recall the Wise Men, also called the Three Kings, who visited Jesus. Epiphany is also when a few Churches recollect the time when Jesus was baptized, when […]
On January 18th, there comes the Epiphany Eve with required divinations. In the past, the whole families participated in festive season’s divinations. This custom has been preserved since agnosticism. The merry season reaches a conclusion with Epiphany festivities in the memory of the submersion of Jesus Christ by John the Forerunner in the waters of […]