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Modern slavic pagan feast

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Published 25 June, 2007, 11:26

The Kupala day is a pagan fiest of summer solstice in Slavic countries. The ancient fertility riot was accepted into the orthodox calendar. While it was associated with John the Baptist and is marked on July 7, today's pagan worshippers in Russia celebrate the fiest in the period around mid-summer day in June.

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