Green week: Difference between revisions

'''Green week''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: ''Зелёные Святки'', also known as ''Семик'' – Semik, [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]: ''Зелені Свята'', [[Polish language|Polish]]: ''Zielone Świątki'') is an ancient [[Slavic Europe|Slavic]] fertility festival celebrated in early June and closely linked with the cult of the dead and the spring agricultural rites. TheIn Russian villages, the seven weeks after [[Easter]] were a time of festivity, and Green Week took place during the seventh week<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Russian Folklore|last=Sokolov|first=Yuriy M.|publisher=Folklore Associates|year=1971, © 1950|isbn=0-8103-5020-3|location=Detroit|pages=188-195}}</ref>. The Thursday of that week was called Semik and included burial services for the unclean dead (those who had died before their time)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Russian Folk Belief|last=Ivanits|first=Linda J.|publisher=M. E. Sharpe|year=1992, © 1989|isbn=0-87332-889-2|location=Armonk, New York and London, England|pages=75-82}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Slavic-religion#ref533514|title=Slavic Religion|last=Gasparini|first=Evel|date=|website=Encyclopaedia Britannica|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=December 21, 2018}}</ref>. Green week is also called '''Trinity Week''' in Russia, and [[Whitsun|Whitsuntide]] week in Britain. The end of Semik inaugurated the celebrations of [[Trinity Sunday|'''Trinity Sunday''']], which came three days later.