Friday, 30 January 2015

30 January 2015. A Multimedia Presentation… The Great Blessing of the Waters at Epiphany

Filed under: Christian,Cossacks,Orthodox Life,religious,Russian,USA — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: Arkansas, Christian, Christianity, Christmas, Eastern Orthodox Church, Epiphany, Holiday, holidays, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Pennsylvania, Religion and Spirituality, religious, Russian Orthodox Church, Theophany, United States, USA, winter

Blessing the Arkansas River

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Blessing the Susquehanna River

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Thursday, 17 October 2013

17 October 2013. Only in Russia! Now There be Some Giant Arbuzi in the Cossack Land, I Be Told!

Filed under: children,Cossacks,domestic life,everyday life,Food/Cooking,holidays,Russian — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: celebrations, Cossack, Cossacks, countryside, Holiday, holidays, Krasnodar Krai, Kuban, nature, rural life, Russia, Russian, village festival, watermelon

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A boy stands between two big watermelons at the “Watermelon Paradise” festival in the village of Strelka (Krasnostrelskoye Rural Settlement. Temryuk Raion) in Krasnodar Krai (that be Cossack country, chum). Any inferences, dirty or otherwise, reside solely in the mind of the beholder… now, I didn’t say anything, did I? You wanna know what “arbuzi” are… why, that’s just “watermelons” in Russian… didn’t everybody know that?

BMD

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Saturday, 23 July 2011

RIA-Novosti Presents…The Legendary Footballer Khristo Stoichkov took the Cossack Oath

Filed under: Cossacks,cultural,Russian — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: ataman, Bulgaria, Cossacks, Don Cossacks, FC Rostov, Football, Football in Bulgaria, Rostov Oblast, Russia, Sports, Starocherkasskaya

On Saturday, 23 July, during a visit to Starocherkassk, former Bulgarian football great Khristo Stoichkov (1966- ) (on the right) took the Cossack oath.

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Stoichkov did this as part of his visit to Rostov-on-Don. In the image above, one of the atamans of the Don Cossacks inducted the Bulgarian football star into the Cossacks.

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During his visit to the Don, Stoichkov met with members of the Rostov Oblast administration, they discussed the development of youth football in the region.

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In addition, Stoichkov visited the “Rostov” Institute, where he talked with students at the school club. He also visited one of Rostov’s children’s’ homes. In the image above, Stoichkov dances with the soloists of a Cossack ensemble after his initiation.

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Stoichkov, who’s legendary in world football circles (he’s known as “The Dagger”, and his on-pitch ferocity is famous), will stay in the southern capital until 24 July, and he’ll return to Bulgaria after the FC Rostov-FC Dinamo match on Sunday.