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A time for austerity: Great Lent in Russia

Published: 02 March, 2009, 09:46


After Russia joyfully celebrated Maslenitsa, a week-long pancake holiday that symbolizes the end of winter, Orthodox Christians now embark on the Great Lent: forty-eight days of fasting and prayer before Easter.

 
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