Russian art is chock-full of depictions of Maslenitsa being celebrated throughout our history. It is one of the most sacred Eastern Slavic religious holidays, during which Russians bid farewell to ...

Rex Features/Fotodom A day-by-day guide to the most interesting events. Maslenitsa week is one of Russia’s favorite celebrations. People bid farewell to winter and greet the approaching spring season ...

According to many ethnographers, Maslenitsa originates from a pagan Slavic feast of farewell to winter, which fell in the second half of February - the first half of March MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/.

Maslenitsa is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday. It's celebrated the seventh week before Russian Orthodox Easter. Maslenitsa is the last week before the onset of Great Lent. During this ...

2 of 10 — Street vendors in the ancient Russian city of Suzdal, some 124 miles east of Moscow, prepare the traditional foods that mark the Maslenitsa holiday in 2010. 3 of 10 — A vendor sells blini at ...

Orthodox Christians celebrate beginning of Maslenitsa, which roughly translates to “Butter Week” today. The holiday will last until 26 th of February. Maslenitsa week will end with the Great Lent.

Maslenitsa week has begun in Russia with festivities running until Sunday. Russia has been seeing off winter and welcoming spring in this way since time immemorial. This tradition began in ...

Fistfights, fire, and stacks of pancakes marked the traditional farewell to winter known as Maslenitsa. We've selected 14 of the wildest moments from the mostly eastern-Slavic countries where the ...

Sunday is the final day of a week-long Russian festival that celebrates folk traditions, heroic eating and the distant promise of spring. NPR's Corey Flintoff reports on Maslenitsa, or "pancake week," ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The smiling face of the sun is perched atop a long stick, and Ekaterina Turichenko is tying colorful ribbons at the neck. Turichenko is pretty colorful herself, wearing a magenta ...