The Slovaks are still the Czechs' most favorite nation and the Czechs' attitude to the Americans also remains stable at the level to which it dropped following...
My God, they think more highly of Hungarians than us?! Damn you, Bush! Look what you've done to us! :) -S ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
... Yes, it was a noticeable slide after the invasion, Scott. The Americans were well above the Germans and Hungarians in a comparable Czech poll in 2000. As...
Yes, the ""It was due to the "anti-Czech" votes by> some German and Austrian conservatives."" reflects the political power of the Germans driven out of the...
Helene, That's interesting. Do you know when the Kimberly Clark plant in Nova Mesto was started? We lost one here in Newport News about 15 or so years ago....
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Frank, I can't remember if I told you about this already. This November, I was at a political victory party in York County and overheard a guy in a...
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Opps, belay my previous. Our plant actually made zippers, not paper products.. Jack Gergely ... From: helene cincebeaux To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I went and got myself a couple grocery bags full of fish yesterday. I'm ready. Does anyone have favorite or traditional Lenten foods? Rules vary from Diocese...
This month's Wallpaper of the Month at It's All Relative features Carpathian Lovers in the hay. From a 1920's hand colored post card. Not risque and guaranteed...
Jack: Who won? And which race? Chuck ... === message truncated === ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never...
Jack, My brother-in-law Michael Brown is very active in Republican politics in James City County (Williamsburg). Of course his wife is my sister and she is a...
Greg Feb 14, St Valentines day in this country is in Slovakia the feast day of Cyril and Methodius and on that day that I chose to fly my Slovak flag out front...
... Feb. 14 is "Valentine's" in Slovakia. Sts. Cyril and Methodius Day is a national holiday on July 5 in Slovakia: http://www.calendar.sk/ Martin votruba...
What you remember is the way it used to be. Cyril & Methodius' day on the church calendar was changed about 40 years ago, at the same time St. Christopher was...
Saint Valentine (also Valentinus) refers to one of several martyred saints of ancient Rome. The feast of St. Valentine was first decreed by the Catholic Church...
Feb. 14th is the official feastday of Cyril and Methodius in the Catholic Church outside Slovakia; on Feb. 14, 869 Cyril, formerly Constantine before becoming...
Prior to the revision of the Roman Calendar the feast of SS. Cyril & Methodius was celebrated on July 7th in the Universal Roman Church. In the 'then'...
Seriously, there were many reasons for a name change. One of my cousins was told by his grade school teacher that '"BR" was an unpronounceable combination in...
"BR" is unpronounceable?? What about BRead, BReathe, BReed, BRown? Perhaps the teacher meant that the BRN combination was hard to pronouce. As my late mother...
July 5 as Sts. Cyril and Methodius Day started neither with the communists (who celebrated neither C&M Day, nor Jan Hus Day) nor with the creation of...
... Actually, the Poles cannot pronounce _Brno_. The city is called _Berno_ in Polish (or _Berno Morawskie to distinguish it from Bern in Switzerland that's...
I didn't mean to imply that it started after 1918. I was referring to its existence prior to the current Czech Republic and Slovakia. I was aware of the Roman...
It might be noted that the Roman Church's interest in SSC&M was probalby due to the rise in Pan Slavism and the Russian Czar's desire to be "Father of the...
... That's a good point, Ed. On the one hand, I did find C&M listed together for March 9 in the Roman Martyrology from 1627, so while the holiday was dormant,...
There has been a long standing devotion to St. Cyril at his tomb at St. Clement's in Rome. At least we know where he is, but not his long lost brother. About...
Dear Fellow Slovak-Americans (on behalf of Dr. Lou Bolchazy), Would you like a source of publications about our Slovak heritage? Send your address to...
... Thank you for the reminder, Ed. You mentioned July 7 as the day of celebration in the past. Could you add some details, please, when and to whom/where...
The sources in my possession are: 1952 Marian Missal, I purchased this in 5th grade at SS.C.&M. Parochial School, has the date July 7th and contains the...
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