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FYI, if you call it Petrov day, your eastern european orthodox friends (such as Bulgarians and Russians) will tell you you are 3 months late. "Petrovden" (den =
by midko 13y ago
FYI, if you call it Petrov day, your eastern european orthodox friends (such as Bulgarians and Russians) will tell you you are 3 months late. "Petrovden" (den == day) is the shorthand name of the St Peter's and Paul's day on the 29th June, it is a nameday of everyone called Peter, Paul and their variations, and it is very well recognized and celebrated.
- huhtenberg 13y agoNever heard of it, leave alone seeing anyone celebrating it. Though I did hear about the "Saint Mother Mary of Egypt" day which was about every second Friday if you were to believe a heavy-drinking madam two floors down from where we lived.
- midko 13y agohttps://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE...
- eps 13y agoThe "Spring farewell day" ... on June 29th? Yep, sounds like a Russian holiday alright :) The context is that it's the oldest inside Russian joke to make up random occassions when drinking. You feel like having a drink, but can't justify it - no problem, drink to the revitalizing power of parsley or to bid spring farewell or something as silly.
- vldx 13y agoProbably you would, if you were orthodox or had close friends, which are.
- Nux 13y agoThe idea was to celebrate the day he prevented a nuclear holocaust. Talking about st. Peter and Paul, it's not only celebrated by the orthodox churches, but also in the west: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul