Learning Through Celebration: Orthodox Christmas 7 January 2007

For Orthodox Christmas I did quite a bit of celebrating without actually writing anything afterwards.

Orthodox Christians celebrate three historical events during their Christmas. The first and second one coincide. Firstly, they celebrate the birth of Jesus and secondly the three wise men. The third celebration is of Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist in the river Jordan.
Piero della Francesca, The Baptism of Christ

Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Adoration of the Magi
On the day of the celebrations a friend, Liz, and I decided to prepare dumplings in the evening. Liz’s mother is Russian and according to her it is common to eat dumplings for Christmas, so she gave us the recipe.
03-01-2007 Buddhism Mahayana New Year 07-01-2007 Christianity Orthodox Christmas 23-01-2007 Hinduism Vasant Panchami Day 14-02-2007 Buddhism Parinirvana Day 16-02-2007 Hinduism Maha Shivrati 20-02-2007 Christianity Shrove Tuesday 17-02-2007 Christianity Saint Patrick's Day 31-03-2007 Mawlid-al-Nabi 1/8-04-2007
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