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Czech Holy Week: Holy Wednesday
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Czech Holy Week: Holy Wednesday

by PetraApril 13, 2022April 17, 2025

The Wednesday of the Holy Week before Easter is called škaredá, černá or sazometná. The first one means "ugly", the second "black" while the third word would be translated as "on which the soot is swept…

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