Maslenitsa (also known as Butter Week, Crepe
week, or Cheesefare Week),
is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk
holiday, celebrated during the last week before Great Lent, that
is, the eighth week before Eastern Orthodox Pascha (Easter). Maslenitsa
corresponds to the Western ChristianCarnival, except
that Orthodox Lent begins on a Monday instead of a Wednesday, and the
Orthodox date of Easter can differ greatly from
the Western Christian date.
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