European Slavic Literatureand Culture Foundation
announces that the 3rd year of the Festival of Slavic Literature Biblioteka Slavica 2023
will take place on 24 September 2023 in Alekšince (near Nitra) in Slovanský Dvor
The Third Spas is celebrated every year on August 29th. Our ancestors baked bread on this day, collected ripe nuts and traded linen at fairs. The people said: “The First Savior - they stand on the water; Second Spas - eat apples; Third Savior - canvases are sold on the green mountains.
On 29 August, the people of Slovakia commemorate the Slovak National Uprising national holiday, which was established to commemorate the beginning of the uprising of the Slovak nation against the Nazis in 1944.
According to wikipedia, the Greek word for transfiguration is metamorphosis. The icon, the time of worship and what to take to Church - the Word of God speaks very precisely about it. One of the Greatest Christian Feasts, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Jesus, is celebrated by Christians all over the world with great joy and encouragement.
Apple Spas is celebrated every year on August 19, and it coincides with the Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Our ancestors harvested apples on this day. The fruits were consecrated in churches and harvested for the winter.
In 2023, as every year, it is celebrated on August 14 and coincides with the beginning of the Dormition Fast. It was believed that it was by this date that the honey in the hives ripened to full readiness and could be harvested.