Lugansk, Ukraine. 1st March, 2014. Maslenitsa or Pancake Week is the only purely Slavic Holiday that dates back to the pagan times. This is the celebration of the imminent end of the winter which the Orthodox Church has accommodated as a week of feasting before Great Lent. Credit: Igor Golovnov/Alamy Live News

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