Kollyva via the Orthodox Wiki Kollyva (Greek: Κολλυβα,(kólliva); Serbian: кољиво,(koljivo); Romanian: colivă; Bulgarian: коливо,(kolivo); Ukrainian and Russian: Kutya(or Kutia)) is an offering of boiled wheat that is blessed liturgically in connection with the Memorial Services in Church for the benefit of one’s departed, thereby offering unto God, as it were, a sacrifice of propitiation (atonement) for the dead person, and in honor of […]
Some kids got to go to Disney for vacations- I got to visit folk festivals (not going to lie- would totally torture and drag the kids to this). These photos are from circa 1983 (processed in July ’83 per the stamp on the slide). (For a simple easy-to-use slide scanner I recommend the KODAK SCANZA […]
