Do they celebrate Valentine's Day outside the U.S.?
maria_kirilenko <maria_kirilenko@yahoo.com>
maria_kirilenko at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 18 02:45:39 UTC 2003
> Dumbledad:
> In Russia, isn't February 14 St. Cyrils day too - the guy who
> invented the Russian alphabet so that he could translate the
> scriptures?
Me:
Yes, it's is, although the calendar is different. It's only February
14th by the Old Style, the one that's only used by the Russian
Orthodox Church, but by the New Style (or whatever it's called in
English), St. Cyrill's day is 13 days later, February 27th.
Maria
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