Patriarch Aleksei of Moscow and all the Russias
Pavel Ryzhenko
2000s?
post-1990?
“Apple Spas” or “Apple Saviour’s (Day)” is a popular name for the feast of the Transfiguration on 19 August. We bless apples and fruits on that day in the Orthodox Church.
BMD
post-1990?
A kulich (plural, kulichi) is a special cake-bread baked for the Easter holiday, and only then.
BMD
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