Relatives of dead soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine seen near graves with flowers and Ukrainian flags at the Western Cemetery on the eve of the Provody (Radonitsa). Provody (Radonitsa) is the second week after Easter, which in the Ukrainian tradition is a memorial for deceased relatives. The tradition of Radovnytsia originates from pagan times and is closely related to the ancient cult of ancestors. Among the ancient Slavs, Radonitsa (or "spring joy") was probably the name given to a whole cycle of spring holidays, the time of commemoration of the dead. According to an ancie
Relatives of dead soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine seen near graves with flowers and Ukrainian flags at the Western Cemetery on the eve of the Provody (Radonitsa). Provody (Radonitsa) is the second week after Easter, which in the Ukrainian tradition is a memorial for deceased relatives. The tradition of Radovnytsia originates from pagan times and is closely related to the ancient cult of ancestors. Among the ancient Slavs, Radonitsa (or "spring joy") was probably the name given to a whole cycle of spring holidays, the time of commemoration of the dead. According to an ancient folk belief, the dead are happy when their living in-laws remember them with a kind word and also come to visit them at their graves.
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