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National News
30-03-2025
- Politics
- National News
Central Bank Governor attends Sunday Mass in Bkirki, holds closed meeting with Al-Rahi
NNA - Lebanon's new Central Bank Governor Karim Saeed took part in Sunday Mass in Bkirki this morning, presided over by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi. The Patriarch warmly welcomed the new Governor, wishing him success in his difficult and delicate mission, raising prayers for his success for the good of Lebanon and the Lebanese. After the Mass, Patriarch Al-Rahi held a private meeting with Saeed, and then they cut a cake together to mark the Feast of the Annunciation and the anniversary of the Patriarch's accession to the patriarchal throne.
Local Sweden
25-03-2025
- General
- Local Sweden
Swedish Fika Calendar: What do waffles have to do with the Virgin Mary?
Today, it's March 25th. Particularly devout Christians may know it as the Feast of the Annunciation, or the day the archangel Gabriel visited the Virgin Mary and told her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ. It's a particularly major holiday in the Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran churches, and is usually celebrated with special services and feasts. But what does all that have to do with waffles? And why is it a big day in Sweden, where so few people are actually practising Christians? Well, as you may have guessed, it's not because the Virgin Mary was particularly fond of eating waffles. Instead, the tradition is all due to a mispronunciation. The Swedish name for the Christian holiday is Vårfrudagen or Our Lady Day, which – especially when you have a mouthful of waffle – sounds just like Waffle Day ( Våffeldagen ). Advertisement Swedes love dedicating specific days to sweet treats (if they didn't then we wouldn't have been able to write an entire newsletter about them all), so they welcomed the mispronunciation as an opportunity to spend an ordinary day in March eating waffles. Swedish waffles are thin and crispy, unlike the thicker, more cake-like Belgian or American style waffles, and are often enjoyed with cream and jam, berries, or sometimes plain with no topping at all. If you fancy eating waffles today, we have a couple of recipes for you here, courtesy of Swedish food writer John Duxbury. Make sure you get the right kind of waffle maker – you want thin, heart-shaped waffles rather than thick square or round waffles. We've also got a couple of recipes for jams you can top your waffles with. It's a bit early for fresh seasonal berries in Sweden, but you should be able to use frozen fruit for some of them. Here's a recipe for spiced berry compote , and here's one for strawberry and rhubarb jam. Advertisement If you want a slightly less traditional idea for a waffle topping, I quite like a savoury version topped with sour cream, red onion, dill and roe. If the idea of eating fish eggs doesn't appeal, you can also buy a vegetarian alternative made from seaweed known as tångkaviar. This results in a waffle similar to the traditional Swedish potato pancakes known as rårakor . You can always follow your savoury waffle main course with a sweet one for dessert! We also spoke about Waffle Day in an episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast back in 2024. Sign up here to receive an email alert every time we publish a new instalment of the Fika Calendar on the site – and if you're a Membership+ subscriber you will receive the full article straight to your inbox. You can expect to receive the newsletter on every important Swedish fika day worth trying, on average two times a month.
National News
23-03-2025
- General
- National News
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Time Subject 10:00 Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Beirut, Jbeil, and Dependencies, George Bakouni, celebrates the Mass of the Feast of the Annunciation at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Hadath 15:00 "Fifteenth Islamic-Christian Meeting on Our Lady Mary" organizes a celebratory meeting on the occasion of the Feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, a national holiday, at the Global Center for Dialogue of Civilizations - Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchate in Rabweh ==========
