Eastern Orthodox Easter Sunday

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This morning I chose to wake up at 3:00 to stand outside for a little over an hour so a priest could dump some water on me. Why? Because it's Orthodox Easter today and we had to get our food blessed. So we went here: I did this last year and it makes me wonder why ...

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Today is International Women's Day, a holiday celebrated extensively in Ukraine. My, and most, festivities began on Friday with the beginning of our extended weekend. Thus far, it feels like Women's Day is one of the biggest holidays of the year. The week and a half leading up to Friday there was a sign up sheet ...