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To: kosta50

Excellent photos! That is certainly the most ornate kolach I have seen. And God bless the suffering Serbs of Kosovo.

Another special bread that I love is the Greek tradition of the Vassilopita (Basil's bread) that the Greeks make for St. Basil's day (January 1.)

A gold coin is baked into it, and if your slice has the coin, this is a great blessing. I got it one year!

Well, now that I think about it that year had a lot of trials and tribulations, so maybe it wasn't exactly the kind of blessing I was expecting, but it was still great fun to get it...


59 posted on 07/05/2005 9:07:32 PM PDT by Agrarian
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To: Agrarian; MarMema
Thank you Agrarian. Lots of good food in the Balkans. Why, even the fasting recipes are incredibly delicious. One more photo of parastos in Kosovo. Notice the deep dish for koljivo and a single thin candle. And the timlessness of the Orthodox Church.


61 posted on 07/06/2005 12:29:00 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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