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• Movie Fridays: New Releases

  Well the weather outside is frightful – so why don’t you seek solace in a cozy cinema theater, or, blessed be the streaming services, your home instead? Here’s our specially curated selection of the latest, or up-and-coming, movie and TV releases to help you decide what to watch this holiday season. (PS: and here is our last year’s Christmassy films best-of should you feel you wanna get the festive movie party going!)

  06.12.2019

• January 7th: Russia Celebrates Christmas

  Much like people in many other countries with a strong Orthodox tradition, most Russians who celebrate Christmas do it on January 7. Apart from clerical concerns, this day is also associated with the end of the long winter holidays, thus holding much significance for religious and non-religious people alike. So, what’s the best way to spend January 7 in 2019?

  04.01.2019

• Christmas Is All Around Us

  I feel it my fingers, I feel it in my toes, and the calendar says that it is, in fact, true: Christmas is officially with us again, with all the decorations, presents, mistletoes, and merrymaking. Here are our tips on how to feel these festive vibes and make the most of your winter holidays if you’re a grown-up.

  25.12.2018

• Nowruz: The Start of Spring

  Every year, some time around March 21st, the sun shines on the whole planet equally. On this day, when the sun rises on the North Pole for the first time, people from many countries in the northern hemisphere celebrate this day as the beginning of a new year and the start of spring! We talked to some of our international students and staff here at ITMO to learn more about how this event is celebrated in their home countries and what it means to them.

  20.03.2018

• Chinese New Year in St. Petersburg

  Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, has been around for nearly three millennia. February 16 will mark the beginning of the Year of the Dog in the Lunar Calendar and the festivities will last for nearly a week. Learn about the various events in St. Petersburg dedicated to this holiday in the fourth installment of our winter holiday series.

  15.02.2018

• Winter Holidays: Russian Orthodox Christmas

  Christmas with no Santa, red outfits, numerous gifts and celebrated seven days after the New Year? No, it’s not a successful project by the Grinch. It’s Russian Orthodox Christmas.

  05.01.2018

• Winter Holidays in St. Petersburg: Merry Christmas!

  It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! St. Petersburg, the most European of Russian cities, is all set to kick off the holiday season in style.

  19.12.2017

• Winter Holidays in St. Petersburg: Hanukkah

  This year, the Jewish Festival of Light – Hanukkah – takes place from December 12 to 20. St. Petersburg has a rich Jewish history and is the site of Europe’s second largest synagogue. The story of Hanukkah has to do with oil – so it’s also a time when you’re free to stuff yourself with all kinds of fried goods like doughnuts and latkes! Whether you’re interested in exploring your own heritage or looking to learn more about a different culture, there are quite a few events in the city – check them out:

  10.12.2017

• Unity Day, or Who Stole the “Soviet Christmas”?

  As the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution draws near, many cultural events and art projects are being dedicated to it. One would expect some grand holiday dedicated to this landmark moment in Russian history, more so in St. Petersburg where the main events took place. Yet there’s none – though you must have noticed the citywide announcements of some Unity Day. So, what’s the catch? What happened to the once-biggest holiday of the Soviet block?

  31.10.2017