This weekend is the best time to buy fresh honey, as on Aug. 14 Orthodox Christians celebrate a special holiday known as “Medoviy Spas,” or “Honey Savior.”
This weekend is the best time to buy fresh honey, as on Aug. 14 Orthodox Christians celebrate a special holiday known as “Medoviy Spas,” or “Honey Savior.
Traditionally on this day priests bless fresh honey with water, after which people are allowed to eat this healthy and delicious product.
The festival is celebrated in mid-August because honeycombs are usually full of honey by then and beekeepers can start to collect it.
To celebrate this day, Pyrohiv museum launched Beekeeper’s Days, which will take place on Aug. 13-14 on the museum’s main square. About 20 beekeepers from central Ukraine will sell linden, flower, buckwheat and other types of honey collected this year.
On Saturday morning, there will also be a fair selling different kinds of traditional bread and a concert of folk bands.
Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 13-14, National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life, Pyrohiv village, marshrutka 156 from Bessarabska Square or trolleybus #11 from Lybidska metro station. Open daily from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m., tickets Hr 20, 526-5765, www.pirogovo.org.ua.
