Daniel J. Murray wrote: > > I found a postcard from Prague dated October 23, 192; addressed to my > grandparents from relatives traveling in Czechosovakia. It said in part: > We just came from Velky Osek where we attended their "Posviceni" [quote > marks are theirs]. It was sure a treat to see . > > I would be interested to know what is a Posviceni. It was in script but > I think I read it correctly or it may be Porviceni. There were no > diacritical marks on it although the writer was a 2nd generation > bohemian born in the USA and may not have known any. Thank you very much > in advance...............djm in Ann Arbor Posviceni (with both i's long) is a feast held usually on the day of the saint to whom is the local church dedicated. I think the word was originally (a long time ago) "posveceni" (hook over the first e, long i), "svetit" means "to celebrate" in older Czech. There is a lot of eating, cakes are being baked, people are dancing and enjoying themselves. It used to be a great feast. Lida Kovarova