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[blue]

Xristos Voskrese! Same in Bulgarian Andreja, -)))!

[Kira27967]

Happy Easter to all (even if I was never aware before that Easter was at different times elsewhere....lol)

quick question cypezokyli...... what is a name day??

Showing my ignorance of other cultures I know, but I am very interested in finding out

[blue]

Hi Kira27967,

A name day is the day when someone celabrates their name, to put it blindly. For example on Saint Basil's day (1 January) anyone called Vassilis (Vasil in Bulgaria) will celabrate. I think the name day tradition is only an Orthodox thing. Please corrrect me if I am wrong on that.

Hope that helps.

Piece of advice: you do not invite people round for your name day, everyone who wants will visit and celabrate with you.

Blue

[Carmen]

Xristos voskrese! Same in Russia

Hapy Ester to all!

[Kira27967]

Thank you blue.... It would seem that this also happened with my husband in Spain many years ago.

Would appear to be a Christian thing for many people.