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| St. Casimir |
Today is the feast day of St. Casimir - patron saint of Poland and Lithuania. When I was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard, we had several members of the Lithuania armed forces come to train with us during our annual summer training. They were a fun and jovial bunch of officers and upper enlisted men. Upon leaving they presented us with little stick pins that had symbols of Lithuania on them - - one was of a hill with many crosses on it. Called the "Hill of Crosses" it is in eastern Lithuania.
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| Picture of Hill of Crosses from Wikipedia |
Pope John Paul II visited this site as well. You can find a lot of information on the web. To celebrate St. Casimir's Feast Day, there are many traditions in Lithuania. One tradition is baking honey heart-shaped cookies. You can find a recipe here, as well as the story of St. Casimir
here. For a more child friendly story to read, you can find it
here at the Holy Spirit Interactive website. ST CASIMIR - Pray for us!
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