Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Local St. Lucies are elected in almost every place where there is a Swedish populace in Finland. The Finnish-speaking population has also lately begun to embrace the celebrations. [36] In 2024, Daniela Owusu, a Finnish Ghanaian woman became Finland’s first Black Lucia, sparking racist abuse and tens of thousands of hate messages on social ...
Daniela Owusu (born c. 2004) is a Finnish woman who portrayed Saint Lucy in Finland's national Saint Lucy's Day celebrations in 2024. She was elected by the public and coronated in a ceremony at Helsinki Cathedral. Owusu, who is of Finnish and Ghanaian descent, was the country's first black woman elected to be Saint Lucy.
July 26–August 11 – Saint Lucia at the 2024 Summer Olympics: Julien Alfred clinches Saint Lucia's first ever Olympic medal after winning gold in the 100-metre dash on 3 August. [ 1 ] Holidays
December 4, 2024 at 9:29 AM. Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen. Growing up in Sweden, Emma Bengsston was always cast as a gingersnap man, never the ...
The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, ... Scandinavia celebrates St. Lucia's Day, a festival of lights. The "arrival of winter," or Dong Zhi, is a Chinese ...
Saint Lucia is one of two sovereign states in the world named after a female [16] and is the only one named after a woman (Ireland is named after a goddess). Legend states that French sailors were shipwrecked on the island on 13 December, the feast day of St. Lucy, and therefore named the island in her honour. [17]
Winter is coming, it bringing travel plans for Christmas city breaks and off-season Caribbean sun – whether you fancy hitting the slopes in Austria, a beach escape in St Lucia or a hike in the ...
Lucia of Syracuse (c. 283 – 304 AD), also called Saint Lucia (Latin: Sancta Lucia) and better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in Catholic , Anglican , Lutheran , Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Christianity.