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Dear all. Today is a big day in my life as it's my daughter's Angel Day. Though she was born on July 31st, we decided to give her the name Olga as the nearest Saint born in July was Saint Olga and her day is on 24th July. So my daughter is supposed to be like this great woman, the grandmother of Saint Vladimir who baptized Kievskaya Rus in 10th century. It was the beginning of Christianity in Rus. Here is some information just to remind us about Olga and that time in Rus: "Holy Olga was the first sparkling star on the dark pagan horizon of ancient Russia". The Russian Princess Olga was baptized by the Patriarch himself and the Byzantine Emperor became her Godfather.This left mark on Olga's face. Her spiritual beauty was glowing from within as if Olga were an angel. Even today in remote Russian monasteries and in the crowded towns an observer can catch glimpses of such holy Russian faces. Saint Olga never dared to baptize her grandson Vladimir. But her wise instr

Dear all. It was a really busy time in my life as within one week I had so many events one by one. First, I had my aunt Irina and my daughter Olga together in my small flat visiting on the occasion of our Dad's 55th anniversary. The occasion itself took place on July 3d in a small cafe called "Gusar" not far from "Kakhovskaya" metro station. The cafe belongs to Stanislav's friend from Dagestan, Aldemir, and, as you can imagine, everything was perfectly organized with exclusive manu (Georgean and European food) as well as professional girls-dancers. They performed every 5-10 minutes and were so gorgeous and amazing that even the oldest among our guests (people over 70) could not help dancing and enjoying themselves as kids. I was really happy as I could see my family reunion: daughters - Marina and Olga, grandson - Stas, he's 16, and my dearest and nearest husband Stanislav altogether. He was, definitely, the highlight of the day, but the girls- dancers o

Dear all, Here I am in Moscow, after summer ESOL exam trips and visiting Yaroslavle with my aunt - Irina (a nun from the USA). I'm a bit tired after all those trips in May, June as they went one after another and not always I was ready and willing to go in for it. Nizhny was pretty lovely as the sun was shining and the kids in school 67 (specialized English school in the area of Nizhny N. where Russian writer Maxim Gorky lived) were really lovely and amuzing. After 3pm I was free to vizit their city Art Gallery and I really enjoyed Mark Shagal there as there was his exhibition called Biblical Shagal. It was so impressive that I didn't expect to be so overwhelmed by it. In fact, I was so ignorant that I'd always associated Shagal with "Black Square" - nothing else. Have a look at some of his masterpieces under the above title. I think you'll love them. As for the Yaroslavle, I was there for 2 days,from 26-28 June with my aunt Irina who had lived there before 19