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Re: Religion and Holidays, were Socialism (WAS: Re: Why Can't We Just Not Tal...

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Saturday, January 3, 2004, 10:40
At 03:43 2.1.2004, John L. Leland wrote:

>had a long service on New Year's Eve evening which was jointly celebrating >the feast of the Circumcision of Christ (which should be 8 days after his >birth) and the Feast of Saint Basil. Aside from some special hymns in the >liturgy >referring to the two feasts, the main celebration after the liturgy was >cutting >and sharing the "St.Basil's Bread" --one piece has money in it, and the >person receiving that piece is supposed to have the benefit of the prayers >of St. >Basil for the coming year.
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