The tradition of Easter egg hunts goes back centuries
but it's still a family event and a much-celebrated celebration in France
particularly in Paris and the Île-de-France region
This joyous activity is a family gathering where children can unearth chocolate eggs
sweets and even decorated eggs in the garden
In the Essonne département, Gulli parc de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois la Ville-du-Bois is organizing an egg hunt in its play areas on Sunday
The good news is that there's no extra charge for admission
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A wooded alley in the Russian Orthodox cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
France — The largest Russian Orthodox cemetery outside of Russia is quiet on a winter morning
save for birdsong in the birch and pine trees planted between the graves
Just 30 minutes' drive south of the hubbub of Paris
the cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois feels like a piece of history suspended in time
The distinctive Orthodox cross and tiny church cupolas crown the tombstones
most inscribed with the Russian Cyrillic alphabet
Many bear black-and-white images of the interred — some 12,000 people who fled their country to make new lives in France
Among them are the ballet prodigy Rudolf Nureyev
Nobel literature laureate Ivan Bunin and Soviet dissident Andrei Amalrik
Most of those buried here came in the first great wave of Russian émigrés fleeing the Bolshevik Revolution
The cemetery was established in 1927 as those "White Russians," as they were known
"France was a worldwide capital of White Russian immigration," says Nicolas Lopoukhine
who is head of the Russian Orthodox Graves Maintenance Committee
There are aristocrats such as Prince Felix Yusupov
who in 1916 helped murder Grigori Rasputin in an effort to break the self-described holy man's hold over the family of Czar Nicholas II; and Prince Georgy Lvov who led the first provisional government in 1917 after accepting the czar's abdication
There are members of the imperial Romanov family
and the children and grandchildren of writer Leo Tolstoy and composer Igor Stravinsky
Members of Lopoukhine's own family are buried here as well
even this tranquil cemetery has become enmeshed in the Ukraine war
It all began with an article published in the French newspaper Le Monde last month titled
an uncertain future for the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois." The article spoke of the absence of Russian-speaking visitors and untended graves
It even hinted at the possible repossession of tombs by the French state
The mosaic of an Oriental carpet recalls Nureyev's Tatar heritage
Lopoukhine decries what he says are the article's inaccuracies
"The war has had no impact on the cemetery whatsoever," he says
land for a gravesite is rented from the commune
The length of time of a concession can vary — from five
when a concession expires and the grave is abandoned
Lopoukhine says every year there are dozens of concessions in this cemetery that expire. Since 2008, the Russian government has been paying to renew them. But with the Ukraine war and Western financial sanctions against the Kremlin
The Russian media saw Le Monde's article and have blown it all out of proportion complains Lopoukhine
who says he's been on the phone with many Russian journalists
because this notion of concession doesn't exist in Russia
so they don't understand what's going on," he says
"They said there's Russophobia sweeping France and the French want to get rid of everything Russian
They even talked about bulldozers razing the tombs of Nureyev and Bunin
Lopoukhine says there is no chance of the graves being disturbed
even in a French cemetery the process of taking back a grave after a concession expires takes years
Since 2001 it has been classified as a national historic monument
"So it cannot be touched," says Lopoukhine
The town's administration has clearly been taken aback by the firestorm in the media. It recently posted a communique on its website
"Since the start of the century we have always safeguarded this extraordinary historic and cultural patrimony
as much as for Russia as for the city of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois," it reads
"The war will never be a pretext to snuff out the flame of our obligation to respect and remember these now-departed people
Lopoukhine says in the 1990s at least six buses a day full of Russian tourists came here
"Russians coming to Paris visited two things," he says
"the Eiffel Tower and the cemetery of Saint-Geneviève-des-Bois."
In November 2000 the cemetery had a special visitor
Jean-Pierre Lamotte was there that day visiting a family grave in the cemetery's French section
"Friends of the History of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois."
He remembers when he tried to leave the cemetery that day the gates were locked: Someone important was coming
It wasn't long before Putin and his wife stepped out of a giant
Lamotte says he followed the small delegation around the cemetery and watched as Putin laid flowers at several graves
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and his then-wife Lyudmila Putina (now surnamed Ocheretnaya) stop by the grave of famed Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev as they tour the Russian Orthodox cemetery at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
"What really struck me is that he looked very timid and said nothing," says Lamotte
"It was Putin's wife who asked all the questions."
One of the graves Putin decorated was that of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Ivan Bunin
"[Soviet leader Vladimir] Lenin was a guy who didn't want to have anybody thinking a little bit so he pushed intellectuals out," he says
"He put all the philosophers and academics in boats — called 'philosopher boats' — and sent them to Germany
When Lamotte looks at the French side of the cemetery
he calls it "very sad." Perhaps it's because it looks so barren
He says it's illegal to plant trees in a French cemetery
but the Russian side follows the Russian tradition of planting a sapling on a grave
The cemetery's numerous birch and pine trees recall a lost homeland for these émigrés
Lopoukhine says the cemetery is lovely in the spring and summer and attracts families on the weekends
But the trees also crack and uproot tombstones
Lamotte says he is worried that time is taking a toll on this special place
Upkeep of the graves is another problem apart from the expiring concessions
Seventy-five-year-old Christian Paillotin remembers strolling here with his Russian émigré mother
he worriedly searches for her grave after seeing the article in Le Monde
He says he hasn't visited in a decade and has forgotten where she lies
Irina Sokolova was born in 1914 in Czarist Russia and died in 1979
that's before it was named Leningrad and then St
"She was an aristocrat and had to leave Russia."
Paillotin says he's never been to Russia and it remains a mythic place for him
His mother taught his siblings some Russian
He says he was raised during a time when she turned away from her country
He believes her detachment began in the 1960s when there was a diplomatic thaw and family members were finally able to visit her from the Soviet Union
"Before that visit she considered Russia a grand country," he says
"But when she was confronted with her family and the way they viewed the world it didn't go well
She embraced freedom and had a different way of seeing things
But Paillotin says he is relieved to discover that her concession is for perpetuity
He says he is going to make sure her grave is now carefully tended
Archive Architecture
the Cimetière de Liers is a Russian Orthodox cemetery on the Rue Leo Lagrange in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
After a group of White Emigres settled in the area in what was originally an 18th-century farm
the local cemetery was converted into a Russian Orthodox cemetery
was built between 1938 and 1939 by Albert Benois
the cemetery now holds more than 10,000 Russian emigrants
Other famous occupants include author Dmitry Merezhkovsky
The cemetery has been the subject of some controversy over the years
municipal authorities have attempted to close the cemetery so that the grounds could be used for other public services
the site is not officially designated as a landmark so it has no legal protection
the graves would be opened and the exhumed remains cremated
It's not just the estates of those buried in the cemetery that are trying to protect it
The cemetery has a vocal group attempting to save it because they consider it a beautiful space: The large Orthodox graves
carved niches filled with candles and icons
and flower gardens surrounding them draw visitors from all over
The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel
For centuries no one knew there were hundreds of bones and precious artwork hidden beneath this Swiss church
Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers
this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones
The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal
This time, we're taking you within navigo range, to the town of Sainte-Geneviève des Bois, where numerous monuments are opening their doors to you on the occasion of the Heritage Days
You'll have the chance to plan your whole day in this town
whose rich heritage is sure to win you over
you can literally step back in time through monuments representing many different eras
are you ready to discover this year's program
Heritage Days 2024 at the Sainte-Geneviève des Bois keep
le programme est mis à jour en fonction des annonces officielles
Heritage Days at the Salle Gérard Philippe in Sainte-Geneviève des Bois
Heritage Days 2024 at Cinéma les 4 Perray in Sainte-Geneviève des bois Aucun événement annoncé à ce jour
Heritage Days 2024 at Perray Vaucluse in Sainte-Geneviève des Bois Aucun événement annoncé à ce jour
Heritage Days 2024 at the Piscine d'en Face in Sainte-Geneviève des bois Aucun événement annoncé à ce jour
Heritage Days 2024 at the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève des Bois
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Russian House at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois not far from Paris
The nursing home for the elderly compatriots was founded here by a Russian émigré Princess Vera Mescherskaya in 1927
where he was met by the director of the Russian House association who noted that the Russian House will celebrate its 90 years next years
He said that thousands of Russian Orthodox people who loved their Motherland had lived here
love Russia and be grateful to France which has given us so much
said that he had always come to the Russian House with special feeling
this house is important from the historical and cultural point of view
It is a kind of a corner of the Russian world here in France.’
His Holiness donated a Kazan icon of the Mother of God to the church and small icons of the Intercession to all pensionnaries
Photo: unnaugan/Depositphotos
As an avid collector of antiques and textiles
it only makes sense that renowned ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev‘s tomb reflects his taste
Located in the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois cemetery in the suburbs of Paris
Nureyev's tomb is draped with a realistic mosaic of an oriental kilim rug
the tomb is a beautiful visual expression of the dancer's remarkable life
Nureyev was born into a Tartar Muslim family in 1938 near Siberia
He fell in love with ballet at age six when his mother took him and his three older sisters to a performance of Song of the Crane
His love of dance was solidified in school
Teachers quickly noticed his abilities and encouraged him to train in a larger city
his mother encouraged him to pursue his dreams
Nureyev went on to study at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet of Leningrad
Nureyev earned a reputation as one of the Soviet Union's top male ballet dancers
He quickly became known not only for his skill but his modern interpretations of classical ballets
This willingness to break boundaries made him popular
but his non-conformist attitude also concerned the government
Rudolf Nureyev and Liliana Cosi dancing in 1972. (Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author
Nureyev was allowed to travel to Paris with his company
Though government officials were nervous about allowing him to leave the country
French tour organizers put pressure on them to bring their top dancer on the trip
Though he was closely monitored by the KGB
he was the first artist to defect during the Cold War
putting to end two decades of statelessness
Nureyev was allowed the creative freedom to grow
He became the principal dancer at The Royal Ballet and worked extensively with the American Ballet and National Ballet of Canada
he was the director of the Paris Opera Ballet
Photo: packshot/Depositphotos
Rudolf Nureyev in 1973. (Photo: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Two trees planted in memory of Ilan Halimi
the 23-year-old Jewish man abducted and killed over a decade ago
found vandalised as new figures showed antisemitism in France soared last year
The discovery came days after antisemitic graffiti was daubed in Paris during the gilet jaunes protests
The trees had been planted in the area where Ilan Halimi was found agonising in 2006
left for dead near railway tracks by the men who had tortured him for 24 days
tortured and killed because the gang believed Jews “were rich”
« Ici on plantera des arbres encore plus grands, encore plus beaux ». À Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, en mémoire d’Ilan Halimi. pic.twitter.com/Jy1J2mwpg1
New government figures showed there had been 541 antisemitic incidents in France in 2018
an increase of 74 per cent on the previous year
even more beautiful trees,” tweetedChristophe Castaner
who shared a video of his visit to the memorial on Monday night with community leaders
“They want to assassinate Ilan Halimi a second time,” a message from the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois City Hall said
The vandalism came after a weekend in which graffiti was found in several areas across Paris
with a bagel restaurant called “Bagelstein” and a letterbox carrying the portrait of the late Simone Veil
the Holocaust survivor and former minister
The German word Juden was spray-painted on the restaurant’s window and swastikas were drawn on the mail box
Monday’s vandalism — two days before the anniversary of the murder — was precisely why Ruth Halimi
“At the time I thought it was too bad he wouldn’t be buried in France,” he told French television
The local City Hall and anti-racist associations called on people to attend Wednesday’s annual commemoration
On the same day the French government is also set to unveil its first award in the name of Ilan Halimi
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