EASTER weekend in Slovakia was celebrated by those serving time in the country’s prisons. On Good Friday, Bartolomej Juhás, a vicar from the Ordinariate of the Armed Forces and Armed Corps of Slovakia ...

Slovak Easter traditions may survive, as well as awareness of where they stem from, but not on a mass scale, says ethnologist Katarína Nádaská. Slovak traditions surrounding the moveable Easter ...

Easter is a very important celebration both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, called Velikonoce – from Veliké noci or Great Nights. Although the religious connotations of Easter were suppressed ...

Pour milk into a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Beat eggs slightly and add to the milk. Add salt and pepper, stirring constantly so the mixture does not scorch. Cook on low heat, about 7 minutes.

In my memoir “Greenwich Meridian,” I write about Czech and Slovak traditions that I have witnessed while living in Czechoslovakia with a touch of nostalgia. Some of them disappeared along with the old ...

Easter always reminds me of my time in Slovakia, where I spent 1993 teaching English. I lived in a small village near the Polish border and tromped through more snow that winter than most folks in ...

Hello! For the past few years now, my extended family has gotten together on Easter Sunday for a combined holiday/birthday celebration. So my household has its own Easter celebration, using my husband ...