EASTER How to celebrate Easter in UKRAINE
How to celebrate Easter in Ukraine • Easter - the most important Orthodox holiday of Ukraine. Easter is preceded by lent - remembrance of the earthly life of the Savior. Traditionally on the night before Easter it is not desirable to sleep. In the evening people go to Church for the vigil service, carrying in baskets meals – Easter bread, dyed eggs, meat and culinary products.
At midnight in the Orthodox churches the Easter service begins. After the solemn service the priest blesses the food. Orthodox Christians greet each other with words "Christ is risen!" and go home to "break the fast" - to eat Easter meals. According to tradition, upon returning home, the Orthodox sat at the table. And despite the culinary diversity, but began to eat always with Easter. It takes pride of place on the festive table
Easter bread • Holiday bread Passover is the symbol of the Lord's body, and painted the egg symbolized the Slavs the revival of life
• Painted eggs are one more holiday decoration of the Easter table Eggs museum. Coloma
Painted eggs • 'eggs' (painted in one or several colors eggs)
Painted eggs • 'pysanky' (eggs painted with ornament)
Painted eggs • 'skrobanky' (eggs, on which the pattern is applied with a sharp tool)
• Interestingly, in the first week of Easter in all the churches allowed to ring the bells.
• On Easter people go to visit each other give colored eggs and Easter bread. There are many Easter games. The most famous game is knocking, when children and adults choose Easter eggs and knock them one on another. Whose is broken, he loses.
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