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The Magic of Easter Week
Holy Week—also called Easter Week—is preceded by Great Lent. This time is the central event of church life and marks for believers the final span of Jesus Christ’s earthly life in human form: his suffering, crucifixion...
Kegrin Päivä: the Krampus of the Karelian Forests
In olden times, in late autumn—at the beginning of November, when the days grow colder and shorter—the Karelians celebrated Kegrin päivä, a now-forgotten feast connected with the coming of the god Kegri—the Krampus of ...
Tepe-Kermen
Winter, snow, mountain passes, peaks, a medieval hillfort… Do you think we like that? You don’t even have to ask.