Re:Happy Petrov day
by midko on Thursday September 26, 2013 @06:25AM
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FYI, if you call it Petrov day, your eastern european orthodox friends (such as Bulgarians and Russians) will tell you you are 3 months late. "Petrovden" (den == day) is the shorthand name of the St Peter's and Paul's day on the 29th June, it is a nameday of everyone called Peter, Paul and their variations, and it is very well recognized and celebrated.
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The idea was to celebrate the day he prevented a nuclear holocaust.
Talking about st. Peter and Paul, it's not only celebrated by the orthodox churches, but also in the west:
Re:Happy Petrov day
by huhtenberg on Thursday September 26, 2013 @07:05AM
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Never heard of it, leave alone seeing anyone celebrating it.
Though I did hear about the "Saint Mother Mary of Egypt" day which was about every second Friday if you were to believe a heavy-drinking madam two floors down from where we lived.
The "Spring farewell day" ... on June 29th?
Yep, sounds like a Russian holiday alright :)
The context is that it's the oldest inside Russian joke to make up random occassions when drinking. You feel like having a drink, but can't justify it - no problem, drink to the revitalizing power of parsley or to bid spring farewell or something as silly.