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Stuffed cabbage, or as we call it “töltött káposzta” is of Ottoman-Turkish origins, but it became a popular dish in Hungary in the 18th century. It has several variations across the country and abroad as well; in the Balkans, for instance, they use grape leaves instead of a cabbage coat. Here we share the traditional recipe with you.

The Slavic crone, known for living in a house built on chicken legs and feasting on children, is a complex, and arguably feminist, figure – as a new book shows, says David Barnett. I In fairy tales, women of a certain age usually take one of two roles: the wicked witch or the evil stepmother, and sometimes both. A key figure from Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga certainly fulfils the requirements of the wicked witch – she lives in a house that walks through the forest on chicken legs, and sometimes flies around in a giant mortar and pestle. She usually...

A Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation in New York made news this week after it featured the sculpture of a pagan deity in its chancel. The United Presbyterian Church of Binghamton hosted “the Sviatovid idol” which depicts a ninth-century Slavic deity, as part of a September 6-7 festival of lights. Sviatovid (alternately known as Svetovid, Svantovit, Sventovit, or Svantevit) was a local Slavic god of war, fertility, and abundance in the Baltic region. In the early twentieth century, an idol was discovered near the Zbruch River in Western Ukraine (accessible with free JSTOR account). This idol pictured was originally thought to...

The Viségrad nations of Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia have been criticised and threatened with sanctions by the progressive, arch-federalist European Union (EU) in 2017. Refusing to capitulate on issues of sovereignty, faith, culture, and mass migration, they relied on their eastern resilence and rejected the bloc’s censure and demands, opting to put the rights and well-being of their people first. Here are 10 times Central Europe stood up to the EU in 2017 – 1 – Rejecting the mandatory migrant distribution plan 2 – Opposing managed mass migration from the Third World 3 – Saying ‘no’ to...

..Czech leaders, fed up with their country’s long and complicated full name, have proposed changing it to a single word with just three syllables: Czechia. In a joint statement, the president, prime minister and other senior officials said they would ask the UN to update its database of geographical names with the new title, in the hope that it might take root before the country competes in the Olympics this summer. Although some Czech Republic sporting teams have long been referred to with a single word, Czech (the national ice hockey team have the word emblazoned on their jerseys), this...

Doing some looking up on Trump's family life and one thing struck me was that two of his wives were of the Slavic descent. (Both of them from the Czechoslovakia region) Something I found interesting myself having some Slavic blood in me.

Killed by "Fly" or as a terrorist Slovyansk nearly blew the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. 1st person account: "July 5 when our reconnaissance included Slavic, almost simultaneously with the soldiers came the Minister of Defence Staff ATO Valery Geletey together with a group of generals and officers. Witness to these events was a reporter "Tsenzor.Net." Slovyansk was not stripped/cleaned. Banda Girkin flee in great haste - they threw/abandoned huge stockpiles of weapons and ammunition, and came to look at Geletey City Council building: what grenade launchers and MANPADS had made to it. The city had fired intermittently at night....

Jesuit Father Robert Taft holds a rare book in the library of the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. (CNS/Paul Haring) By Carol GlatzCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Pontifical Oriental Institute has the best general collection in the world on Eastern Christianity. It boasts some 184,000 volumes, including rare and precious imprints and manuscripts, documenting centuries of Eastern Christian culture in a multitude of languages. But the library's oldest and most valuable collections are in a serious state of degradation, including an extremely rare 1581 edition of the Ostrog Bible -- the first complete Bible printed in...

Rod Blagojevich, the Stupidest Governor in the Country, Puts Obama in a Bad Light... Blagojevich as Dick Mell's son-in-law, with a Slavic name (this had long been thought of as a Polish seat), managed to get the endorsement of Mayor Daley and to engage the consulting services of David Axelrod.http://www.usnews.com/mobile/blogs/barone/2008/12/11/rod-blagojevich-the-stupidest-governor-in-the-country-puts-obama-in-a-bad-light.html

Storm Pusztay's small Slavic Village home looks like it's been evacuated. The first floor contains almost nothing. The second has little more than a bed, a dresser, and a TV. Everything else is gone, taken by thieves. Pusztay was in Virginia last fall, the first time his home was hit. He's a commercial roofer by trade, and travels for a living. He got a voice mail from his sister; come home right away. The bad guys had come through a back window, taking all that was immediately pawnable -- DVDs, movies, a TV, tools. "Anything you could sell real quick,"...

Ford City's Slavic community a melting pot of eastern European customs By Tom Mitchell LEADER TIMES Friday, March 25, 2005 Although their Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovakian and Croatian languages and ethnic customs may differ to some extent, members of the Slavic community in Ford City and surrounding areas have many things in common. What brought Slavic immigrants to western Pennsylvania, and to Ford City in particular, can be summed up in one word: Work. Catherine Dilick of Ford City, a member of the former St. Francis of Paola Catholic Church, recalls her parents and other family members telling about the...

My wife and I have lived next to a Russian church for about 4 years. We have been acquainted with some of the pastors but have never attended any services. Sometimes living next to the church can be an inconvenience. The parking is bad and they block our drive almost every Sunday. Also sometimes when one of their youth groups has a late night function they can be a little loud as they leave. Anyway the church has been aware that they can be a tough neighbor and have given us gifts in the past to thank us for our...