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Happy Maslena Day!

The Doukhobors have always celebrated Khreshcheniye and still do at the present time, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit onto the Son of man, the day divine grace was bestowed onto Jesus Christ in his human incarnation. On the eve of January 6, the Doukhobors would assemble for prayer, then on the way home, each person would try to draw some water from a well, river or spring; as this water was considered blessed, therefore endowed with purifying powers, it was sprinkled around the house, the barn and the stable; it was used in washing up and was also given to drink to the sick. The next holiday was Maslenitsa, or Maslena , as the Doukhobors called it. It was preceded by Nedelya Sviatykh Praotsev (“Forefathers' Week”), a time to commemorate ancestors and make traditional blini (pancakes). According to Doukhobor custom, the first pancake went to the household dog because it was believed that "man was eating the dog’s share", a saying that stems from an old Russ...

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Kiss Goodbye - Leehom Wang (王力宏, Wang Lihong) Baby不要再哭泣 這一幕多麼熟悉 緊握著妳的手彼此都捨不得分離 每一次想開口 但不如保持安靜 給我一分鐘專心好好欣賞妳的美 幸福搭配悲傷 同時在我心交叉 挫折的眼淚不能測試愛的重量 付出的愛收不回 還欠妳的我不能給 別把我心也帶走去跟隨 每一次和妳分開 深深地被妳打敗 每一次放棄妳的溫柔 痛苦難以釋懷 每一次和妳分開 每一次Kiss You Goodbye 愛情的滋味此刻我終於最明白 幸福搭配悲傷 同時在我心交叉 挫折的眼淚不能測試愛的重量 付出的愛收不回 還欠妳的我不能給 我才明白愛最真實的滋味 ------------------------------- baby bu yao zai ku qi zhe yi mu duo me shou xi jing wo zhe ni de shou bi ci dou she bu de fen li mei yi ci xiang kai kou dan bu ru bao chi an jing gei wo yi fen zhong zhuan xin hao hao xin shang ni de mei xing fu da pei bei shang tong shi zai wo xin jiao cha cuo zhe de yan lei bu neng ce shi ai de zhong liang fu chu de ai shou bu hui hai qian ni de wo bu neng gei bie ba wo xin ye dai zou qu gen sui mei yi ci he ni fen kai shen shen de bei ni da bai mei yi ci fang qi ni de wen rou tong ku nan yi shi huai mei yi ci he ni fen kai mei yi ci kiss you good bye ai qing de zi wei ci ke wo zhong yu zui ming bai xing fu da pei bei shang tong shi zai wo xin ji...