East Europe

Hollywood is like McDonald’s, cheap and fast. I not longer trust them to cater for my spiritual needs. I am older and wiser and I hate it when noisy bombs stops me from falling asleep when I am watching a […]

Christmas Customs The Christmas season begins on December 6, Saint Nicholas day. On that day Czechs hold parties at which there are three guests of honor dressed as an angel, a devil, and St. Nicholas. The devil looks for naughty […]

The Romanians’ religion is Orthodox, but, unlike their Orthodox neighbors (Serbs, Bulgarians, Russians), they celebrate Christmas and the other religious festivals and holidays according to the Gregorian calendar (i.e. the holidays coincide with those of the Catholic and Protestant believers). […]

Hungarians, who are either Catholic or Protestant, celebrate Karácsony (Christmas) with large family reunions. The Christmas tree is decorated in the afternoon of Christmas Eve, while the children go for a lengthy walk with an aunt or uncle. When everything […]

Easter Decorative Easter eggs are traditionally prepared by women on Holy Thursday or Good Friday. The most beautiful style, pisanki, have elaborate designs achieved by a process similar to batiking: the egg is dipped into each dye used in the […]

Bulgarians became Christians in the year 865. Their faith is Eastern Orthodox, and they maintain many of the traditional holidays of the Orthodox Church. Their customs include both Christian traditions and those from their original, non-Christian culture. For example, on […]

Each country has its own unique traditions that continue to be observed today. These customs are often very old, originating thousands of years ago when nomads and farmers, the Slavic peoples or the romans, began to populate that part of […]

UK Premiere of The Mother is opening at the Camden People’s Theatre on 13th January 2009. It is presented by Te Art Project, a new international theatre company based on collaboration between Polish and British artists in London. The Mother […]

Ajuns intr-o tara straina, brusc iti dai seama ca esti din Romania. Lovit de caramida noii tale senzatii ,treci printr-o furtuna emotionala cu vanturi nationalistice.Iti verifici passport-ul ca sa te convingi ca intr-adevar scrie Romania in el, stai 2 secunde […]