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28.11.2006 - Orthodox Christians begin Christmas Fast Tuesday
A Moscow Patriarchate clergyman has emphasized that the principal meaning of the Fast is not just in refraining from eating a certain food but is, first of all, in spiritual self-absorption, an inward analysis of one's own weaknesses and a quest for ways to overcome them.
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26.11.2006 - Russia celebrates Mother's Day
Mother's Day in Russia is celebrated on the last Sunday of November. Due to the celebrations of Mother's Day, the State Duma (the lower house of Russia's parliament) adopted a special statement.
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05.10.2006 - 1.5 million Russian teachers mark World Teachers Day
The world’s most numerous “educational army” marks World Teachers Day on Thursday. Numerous bouquets of flowers and memorable souvenirs will be presented to 1.5 million Russian teachers on this occasion.
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22.08.2006 - Russia celebrates National Flag Day
National Flag Day, a holiday introduced by Russia's first president, Boris Yeltsin, in 1994 will be celebrated Tuesday with marches and public events throughout Russia.
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23.04.2006 - Widespread myth shattered as Russian matryoshka first made in Japan
The widely-held view that Matryoshka dolls are an ancient native Russian toy is sadly just a myth. The first Russian Matryoshka was carved out and painted in a Moscow toy workshop only in the 1890s, based on a model brought in from Japan.
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23.04.2006 - Russia Celebrates Orthodox Easter
“The fruitful actions of the Russian Orthodox Church... in preserving civil peace and accord in the country and resolving pressing social problems cannot be overlooked on this day,” Putin said in a message to mark Russian Orthodox Easter released by the Kremlin.
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23.02.2006 - Russia fetes servicemen on Defender of Fatherland Day
February 23 is Defender of the Fatherland Day in Russia, on which people fete all troops, war veterans, and the families of those whose kin are with the military.
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07.01.2006 - Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7
The Russian believers fast during the New Year holidays. They abstain from meat and fish, sweets and wine, and eat only vegetarian food, porridge without butter, and mushrooms.
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04.11.2005 - Russia disregards old communist holidays and institutes new ones
Russia celebrates the National Unity Day on November 4. Practically all Russian people have a three-day weekend now: November 4, 5, and 6. Making a speech at the official State Awards ceremony in the Kremlin last week, President Putin stated that the roots of the People's Unity Day go back to the glorious and heroic events of the year 1612.
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21.10.2005 - Old Believers Elect New Leader
Late in the evening on Tuesday, a holy assembly of the Old Rite Russian Orthodox Church elected a new supreme pontiff to succeed Andrian, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, who died in August.
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