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February 8
When all the nations stand before the judgment seat and are asked to explain how they used their basic talents…the small Slovenian nation will dare without fear to present a thin book with title Prešeren’s Poems alongside the others. – Josip Stritar Don’t mess with the Slovenes when it comes to their national poet, France Prešeren. He gets, not one, but two days in his honor on the …Read more 
February 1 or 2
Brigid was a Celtic goddess whose festival was celebrated on February 1st and 2nd. Brigid’s Day, or Imbolc, …Read more 
It was on January 22 in 1919 that the two republics making up what is now Ukraine signed the Zluky Act that would merge the two into one, thus uniting the Ukrainian people. The two republics were the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic, and the triumphant ceremony took place at St. Sophia Square in Kiev (below). Signing of the Zluky Act, Jan. 22, 1919 It is a rare holiday in Ukraine in that it does …Read more 
January 22 “We, workers and inhabitants of the city of St. Petersburg, members of various sosloviia, our wives, children, and helpless aged parents, have come to you, Sovereign, to seek justice and protection…” Thus began a petition to Nicholas II, Czar of Russia, protesting the working and living conditions in St. Petersburg. It didn’t work. The peaceful protest was led by a Russian Orthodox priest named Father George Gapon, a “simple-hearted priest, with a rather childlike …Read more 
January 22 Reunion Day is a rare holiday in Ukraine in that it marks neither tragedy nor defeat nor bloodshed. On this day in 1919, West Ukraine joined Greater Ukraine. The two republics signed the Act Zluky to form an independent united Ukraine. The triumphant ceremony took place at St. Sophia Square in Kiev. Signing of the Act Zluky on January 22, 1919 The joy was short lived. Later that year Bolsheviks gained control of the …Read more 
January 14 Happy New Year! It’s January 1 in the Orthodox Calendar, observed by Orthodox Churches in Russia, Macedonia, Serbia, and many of the former Soviet Republics, including Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus, and the one that’s all consonants. (Kryrrrgyztyrgystan) So is Russia two weeks behind the times? Do they feel the need to have the last word on New Year’s Eve parties? Or does being torn between two New Year’s dates simply give them the chance to party for …Read more 
January 13
“One of the most important battles in Europe’s modern history was fought and won in Vilnius 16 years ago.” Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, January 2007 In the late 1980′s a “Singing Revolution” swept through the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Thousands of citizens coalesced night after night in each of the republics to sing national songs that had been banned under the Soviet regime. (Latvia, Lithuania and …Read more 
December 21 All the Feasts of Heathendom… “Among all feasts of heathendom, Yule-festival is most important, it being the anticipation of the celebration of winter solstice.” –Karl Weinhold, Christmas Games and Songs from Southern Germany and Silesia And of all the annual celebrations on earth there is none older and more universal than the celebration of the Winter Solstice. Many of the world’s oldest monuments, which for years baffled anthropologists and archeologists, are now believed …Read more |
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