[…] his thick, iron-gray hair was brushed straight back from his forehead. It was so long that it bushed out behind his ears […]

The Greek Catholic Church was driven underground, but today a small Greek Catholic community has been revived, based mainly among the Poleszuk community in the south west of the country.

You can summon groceries, alcohol and medicines to your home: chips and vodka on New Year’s Eve, say, and then aspirin on New Year’s Day.

a moderate winter