Saturday, April 7, 2018

How to spend the long Easter weekend in Kyiv

Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter on April 8 this year. The Orthodox Christian churches still use the Julian calendar, which lags behind the Gregorian calendar by about two weeks, and Easter is a moveable feast, so it can sometimes be celebrated up to a month after Easter in other denominations.
In Ukraine, the Monday after Easter, April 9, is a public holiday, so there’s the chance to plan for a long weekend in Kyiv. Here are some ideas about what to do.

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