Saturday, 4 April 2009

EASTER in UKRAINE

In Ukraine Easter is celebrated on the 19th of April this year.

In Ukrainian, Easter is called Velykden (The Great Day), a term used in early Rus’ translations of John Damascene.

In Ukraine Easter has been celebrated over a long period of history and has had many rich folk traditions that are no longer fully preserved.

We would like to introduce some Ukrainian traditions connected with Easter.

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