{"id":31959,"date":"2025-11-11T14:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sovjet-ereveld.nl\/agenda-events\/placing-of-candles-on-christmas-eve\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T09:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:25:31","slug":"placing-of-candles-on-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"agenda-events","link":"https:\/\/sovjet-ereveld.nl\/en\/agenda-events\/placing-of-candles-on-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Placing of candles on Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31959\" class=\"elementor elementor-31959 elementor-30148\" data-elementor-post-type=\"agenda-events\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79baea00 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79baea00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bc0fd0b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7bc0fd0b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d31dd7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d31dd7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24, we will place candles on all the graves at the Soviet War Cemetery and those of the adjacent Dutch and other Allied war dead. 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We will provide the candles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93d8b4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93d8b4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Afterwards, we will gather for a hot drink and a snack in the forecourt of Rusthof.<\/p>\n<p>On December 27 at 12:00, we will clear the candles away again.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23682ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23682ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Location<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcbbb7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcbbb7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Soviet War Cemetery, Dodeweg 31, Leusden<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4823d19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4823d19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sign up, stating your name, the number of people, and whether you will also help clear away the candles.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f2822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"40f2822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"mailto:%20bijeenkomsten@sovjet-ereveld.nl\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Register<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d29f0ca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d29f0ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1770e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1770e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/sovjet-ereveld.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF3895-web-Foto-Jos-Vink-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30150\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sovjet-ereveld.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF3895-web-Foto-Jos-Vink-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sovjet-ereveld.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF3895-web-Foto-Jos-Vink-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sovjet-ereveld.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF3895-web-Foto-Jos-Vink-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sovjet-ereveld.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF3895-web-Foto-Jos-Vink-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sovjet-ereveld.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF3895-web-Foto-Jos-Vink.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":30150,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-31959","agenda-events","type-agenda-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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