Saint Patrick's Day in Moscow. The unofficial parade is held by volunteers and resembles a carnival. In 2014, Moscow Irish Week was celebrated from 12 to 23 March, which includes St Patrick's Day on 17 March. Over 70 events celebrating Irish culture in Moscow, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Voronezh, and Volgograd were sponsored by the Irish Embassy, the Moscow City Government, and other organisations. In 2017, the Russian Orthodox Church added the feast day of Saint Patrick to its liturgical calendar, to be celebrated on . Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a large Irish expatriate community. The community established the
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent Arctic to map the undersea continental shelf. The two vessels were slowed by thick ice conditions. At 1:30 a.m. on 2 April 2015, "Louis S. St-Laurent", arrived near Burgeo, Newfoundland and Labrador to take the damaged Canadian Coast Guard vessel under tow. "Ann Harvey", which had run aground near Burgeo, was already being towed by the lifeboat CCGS "W.G. George" when the icebreaker arrived. "Louis S. St-Laurent" took over the tow and brought "Ann Harvery" into Connoire Bay where Royal Canadian Navy divers could inspect the ship. In 2016 "Louis S. St-Laurent" was deployed to the Arctic carrying an international