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Do I observe holy days and holidays? Yeah, the ritual is very important to me. It's part of being Ukrainian Catholic. So every holy day we're baking pierogis and not eating meat.

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Vera Farmiga
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 6
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Clifton
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