Moldova Edition
World Good Neighbor Hello Day leads today's complete edition for Moldova.
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Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for the first greeting, the open door, and the small courtesies that make streets, villages, apartments, and shops feel human.
The feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple is celebrated in Moldova with a church service and the beginning of the Christmas fast (which lasts from November 21 to January 6). The tradition is to prepare the Christmas foods (sarmale, cozonac, and racituri) in advance, because the fast forbids meat, dairy, and eggs. The day is also the name day for everyone named Vasilisa or Elisabeta, and they celebrate with a feast of fish, mamaliga, and wine (the last feast before the fast begins). The church is decorated with icons of the Virgin Mary, and the priest tells the story of how the young Mary was brought to the Temple by her parents.
You sail the Bahamas where you encounter dolphins, Nassau groupers, flamingos, and endemic rock iguanas. You discover that Bahamian households most often keep dogs, cats, and parrots as pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
