Easter – calculation system that allows for special tables defining the relationship a large number calendar and astronomical values, determine the dates of the celebration and rolling church holidays for any given year (hence the name - Easter). A holiday calendar is compiled on the basis of special calculations. The Russian Orthodox Church uses the traditional Julian calendar, created during the reign of Julius Caesar in 45 BC, to calculate the date of the celebration of Easter and the rolling holidays. This calendar is often referred to as the "old style". Western Christians use the Gregorian calendar introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. It is commonly referred to as "new style".

According to the rules of the First Ecumenical Council (325 Nicaea), Orthodox Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the spring full moon that comes after or on the day vernal equinox if this resurrection falls after the day of the celebration Jewish Passover; otherwise, the celebration of Orthodox Easter is postponed to the first Sunday after the day of Jewish Passover.

Thus, the day of the celebration of Easter is within 35 days: from April 4 to May 8 of the new style.

Calendar for the celebration of Easter and some rolling holidaysfor 2018-2030(new style)

Canonical Norms of Orthodox Easter and the Problem of Dating Easter in the Conditions of Our Time

D.P. Ogitsky, professor of the Moscow Theological Academy
The article is published in abbreviated form.

Even before the Council of Nicaea, the rule about the celebration of Easter on Sunday after Nisan 14 acquired a general ecclesiastical character (more often it was the first Sunday, in some cases - the second).

The new question that was to be decided by the Council of Nicaea was the following: should the 14th of Nisan always be considered the full moon, which is considered the 14th of Nisan among the Jews, or should Christians have their own opinion on this issue and decide the question of the first spring lunar month and its 14 day independently, taking into account more accurate astronomical data?

The question was prompted by a divergence in the practice of various churches. The Christians of the "East" - more precisely, of Syria, Mesopotamia and partly of Cilicia - adhered to the first decision, that is, they always unconditionally followed the Jewish calendar, celebrating their Passover, albeit on Sunday, but immediately after the Jewish Passover. Christians in Europe, Africa, Asia Minor, representing the majority of the Christian world, had by that time already freed themselves from such dependence on the Jews and did not unconditionally follow the Jewish calendar, referring to the imperfection of the latter. In those cases when the Jewish Passover fell before the vernal equinox, that is, before the moment considered the beginning of spring and the natural tropical border of the year, Christians of these countries considered the next full moon on Nisan 14. In such cases, the gap between Easter for Christians of the "East" and for other Christians was a whole month, or even five weeks. To put an end to such discrepancies, the Council of Nicaea, after it was possible to persuade the Easterners to abandon their practice, determined that everyone should follow the second practice, based on an independent, independent of the Jewish calendar, decision. This is the meaning of the Nicene definition and prohibition to celebrate Easter "with the Jews" μμετὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων) until the vernal equinox.

One must think that the Nicene Council did not deal with the detailed regulation of Paschal, firstly, because all his attention, as can be seen from the epistles of St. was aimed at overcoming the main difficulty on the way to the establishment of a single Passover - the attachment of the "Eastern" to the Jewish calendar, secondly, because those Passover issues that worried earlier (for example, the relation of this day to the lunar date of Nisan 14), now did not cause the previous wrangling, thirdly, because the detailed and comprehensive regulation of the technique of Easter calculations (up to solving the problems caused by the inaccuracy of the Julian calendar) was beyond the power of the cathedral, yes it was hardly necessary to reinforce all the technical details of the solution of the Paschal question with the authority of an ecumenical council. The Council proclaimed (however, hardly anyone doubted) the principle of the simultaneous celebration of Easter by the whole Church. The real contribution of the Council to the implementation of this principle was that it removed the above main obstacle that stood at that time on the way to the implementation of this principle.

Many centuries later, when the main subject of the Easter divergences of the beginning of the 4th century. and the circumstances of the case accompanying the discussion of this question at the ecumenical council were thoroughly forgotten, the Council of Nicaea began to ascribe something that the council did not directly prescribe, and even something that did not correspond to its line at all.

We find incorrect judgments about the meaning of the canonical prescriptions about the time for celebrating Easter and, in particular, about the meaning of the prohibition to celebrate it μετὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, first of all, among such major canonists of the Orthodox East as John Zonara, Theodore Balsamon,. It was they who contributed, more than anyone else, to the popularization of these judgments in our Orthodox community.

In the interpretation of the 7th Apostolic Canon, Zonara writes: “The whole commandment of this rule is as follows: Christians should not celebrate Easter with the Jews, that is, not on the same day with them; for their non-festive holiday must precede, and then our Easter must be celebrated. A clergyman who does not do this must be expelled. The same was determined by the Council of Antioch in the first canon ”.

Zonara, and after him other canonists, set deadlines by their interpretation of the canons Christian Easter in direct, constant dependence on the timing of the Jewish Passover. This interpretation of the canonical rules has become something indisputable in our country, almost an axiom. It is adhered to by such prominent Orthodox canonists of a later time as the bishop (Rules Orthodox Church with interpretations). Many people use it to this day, when the issues of correcting the calendar and Easter are raised.

Meanwhile, everything that we know about the attitude of the Council of Nicaea to the question of the time of the celebration of Easter is in sharp contradiction with this interpretation of the canonical rules about Easter.

What could these rules have in mind when forbidding Christians to celebrate Easter μετὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων? A coincidence on the same day of the Christian and Jewish holidays? If so, the question arises, why is such a coincidence unacceptable? Is it because the Christian Passover would be "defiled" through contact with the Jewish Passover? Or, perhaps, because a celebration on one day would break the sequence of memories - first the legal Easter, then a new Easter? But it is known that the Churches, which accepted the Nicene definition in their leadership, were not at all embarrassed by cases of such coincidences and celebrated Easter on the same day with the Jews (from 14 to 15 Nisan) and after the Council of Nicea - in 328, 343, 347, 370, 394 and in more late time... If it was required to reproduce the sequence of events and Christians were obliged to ensure that their Passover was after the Jewish Passover, it is not entirely clear why in the canons there is nowhere a ban on celebrating Christian Passover. earlier Jewish. The following question also arises: in what position, from the point of view of Zonara and his associates, the Christians would find themselves if, say, now the Jews changed their Passover and brought their dating of Passover closer to ours - would we then have to "run away" from them with their dates and accordingly rebuild your Easter?

In the light of the facts relating to the history of the Passover disputes in Nicene time, there can be only one answer to all this: the Nicene Fathers rejected any obligatory dependence of the dates of Christian Passover on the dates of Jewish Passover. This is emphasized with insistence in the message of the emperor Constantine: "First of all, they recognized it as unworthy to follow the custom of the Jews in celebrating this holy holiday ... For there is a possibility, having rejected their custom, to follow a more correct order." Trying to dispose all Christians to accept this order, the author of the letter urges Christians not to have anything to do with the Jews in determining the time of Passover. “For truly,” he says, “their boast that without their teaching we are not able to observe it is completely inappropriate” 1. At the same time, he seeks to discredit the Jewish calendar, according to which Passover was in those days and before the spring equinox. Such cases in the message of the emperor are regarded as two times celebration of Easter in the same year.

Neither in the canons, nor in other modern and close to the Nicene Council documents, interpreting the Nicene definition, there is no talk about the possibility of accidental coincidences of Christian Passover with the Jewish Passover, that is, the possibility of celebrating it in some cases. one day with the Jews. Nowhere is there also a ban on the celebration of Easter by Christians. earlier Jews. Such a prohibition would mean the dependence of the dates of the Christian Passover on the dates of the Jewish Passover. And everything that we know about the Nicene definition suggests that the Nicene fathers were against any dependence of Christians on the Jews in this matter.

Thus, the Council of Nicaea forbade not coincidences, but the fundamental dependence of the dates of Christian Passover on the dates of Jewish Passover. In the language of the canons, celebrating Easter μετὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων does not mean to allow accidental coincidences between Christian and Jewish Easter, which means that when determining the day of Christian Easter, adhere to Jewish Passover without admitting other Easter calculations, and recognize that Christians must celebrate Easter on the Sunday immediately following Easter Jewish. By using the expression μετὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, the canons meant the fundamental agreement of the Christians of the "East" with the Jews on the date of Nisan 14, and not at all some random coincidences in the calculations and dates.

The mistake of Zonara and other interpreters of the canons was the result, firstly, of their incorrect, superficial and too literal understanding of the expression μετὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων without taking into account the specific historical conditions in which this formulation was born, and secondly, as a result of the fact that they drew inappropriate conclusions from the actual data of Paschal that they had today. The fact is that in their time our Paschal tables, adapted to the Julian calendar, were already so lagging behind both astronomical data and Jewish calculations (which, by the way, had become extremely accurate by that time) that the increased distance between Christian and Jewish Easter was completely excluded the possibility of coincidence of their dates. In fact, Christian Easter during the time of Zonara was always only after Jewish Passover. In this factual state of affairs, the canonists saw confirmation of their interpretations about the obligation for Christians to observe such a sequence and distance between Jewish and Christian holidays.

Now, when there is a question of revising the Passover, we must decisively dissociate ourselves from these incorrect interpretations of the canonical rules and proceed from the fact that these rules do not provide for any fundamental dependence of the dates of our Passover on the time of the Passover celebration among the Jews.

Prof. at a meeting of the Commission on the reform of the calendar at the Russian Astronomical Society on May 31, 1899 Appendix 5 to the journals of the meeting of the Commission, p. 37-38.

Migne, P. G., 1.20, col. 1073.

Easter in 2020 this is wonderful Orthodox holiday for all Christianity and of course in Russia, full of light, hope and universal joy, and it is one of the most ancient Orthodox holidays and is considered very responsible and the most important in church worship. Easter is nothing but a holiday of the triumph of life over death, because it was on this glorious day that the Resurrection of Christ took place. The holiday of Easter is dedicated to this most significant and amazing event that happened in the early Christian era.

Orthodox Easter- is considered a rolling holiday, it has no fixed celebration numbers, date each year changes, but depends on the calculation according to the lunisolar calendar.

Easter as we said rolling holiday, and it is translated from Hebrew reflecting its name, that is - "passing" or "passing by".

Easter week always originates on the first Sunday that follows the first full moon and falls after the vernal equinox.

Orthodox and Catholic Easter or the Resurrection of Christ in Russia, is the most important church holiday for believing Christians in 2020. Why Easter is called Christ's Resurrection - in remembrance of the Resurrection from the dead of our Jesus Christ and that is why we call the last day of the week Sunday, in honor of the Resurrection of Jesus.

From the date of the celebration of the next Easter much depends, first of all - the beginning of the Charter of the church service and the end of Great Lent. Holy Easter It is revered not only by believers, even for those who are far from religion, it is associated with a procession of the cross, a night solemn service in the Temple of the Lord, morning bells and, of course, painted eggs and ruddy cakes.

Many of those who are not in faith, did not think and did not understand God, probably do not know about the main spiritual meaning of celebrating the day of Holy Easter, they hardly know about the traditions of the celebration. We will fill this gap and tell you about the history and traditions of the Orthodox, as well as the Catholic and Jewish Easter(Passover).

We will acquaint you with Holy Easter in Russia, Orthodox, Catholic and Jewish (Passover) 2020, the date when the Resurrection of Christ will be celebrated, this great holiday will be celebrated by believing Christians from all over the world, and you will also learn about something else directly related to this in the afternoon ...

Orthodox Easter 2020 - April 19

Catholic Easter 2020 - April 12

Passover (Jewish Passover) 2020 - April 9 - 16

Numbers of Orthodox and Catholic Easter - in links

Easter Numbers from 2036 to 2050 - Orthodox and Catholic

Holy Orthodox Easter 2020 - how many days are celebrated?

The solemn Christian holiday, Holy Orthodox Easter 2020, will be celebrated on the second Sunday of April on the 8th, and it is the most important day in the hierarchy of holidays. Easter is celebrated annually and it is considered a mobile (rolling) holiday, and why not every year on the same day, you will find out below in the text.

The rest of the mobile ones (rolling over by dates) depend on the day of the Orthodox Easter. church holidays, such as the Holy Trinity - is held on the fiftieth day after Easter, it is also called Pentecost, Palm Sunday- celebrated on Sunday a week before Easter Ascension of the Lord - celebrated on the fortieth day and a number of others, less significant from the point of view of the church hierarchy.

The celebration of Holy Orthodox Easter in 2020, as well as in any other, will be quite long in terms of the number of days, there are forty of them, when believing Christians will have to greet each other, not otherwise than "Christ is risen!", And respond to those who greet him - "Truly resurrected!", Do not forget about it too. site / node / 6774

This festive day for Orthodox Christians, first of all, is an opportunity to turn to the Lord in a solemn atmosphere, and also to glorify Him, because this is a time of spiritual joy, special triumph and the opportunity to express one's gratitude. On the eve of Holy Orthodox Easter 2020, on the night of April 19, believers will gather in churches and other temples for a prayer service in honor of the Risen Jesus Christ. They will pray for him and themselves, their family and friends.

Easter event in 2020

Holy Orthodox Easter is a Christian holiday, which is intended to serve as a remembrance of the Resurrection of the Lord, because according to legend, although no one saw this, after suffering and death, He was resurrected on the third day. The moment of resurrection is nowhere and is not described in any way, including in the Gospel, because in reality no one saw with their own eyes, did not testify how it actually happened - the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

For those who do not know, let's say that the removal from the Cross and the burial of Jesus Christ took place on Friday evening. Since the Jews consider the Sabbath a holy day of rest, the women who accompanied the Lord and witnessed His suffering came only early Sunday morning to the Holy Sepulcher.

From now on, the day after Saturday began to be called Sunday or Sunday, as we now know it. On Sunday, these women brought all kinds of incense to the Holy Sepulcher, which, according to the customs existing at that time, had to be poured onto the body of a deceased person, that is, Jesus Christ.

How to calculate the date, date of Easter 2020?

To calculate the Holy Orthodox Easter of the future 2020 or any other, first of all, you need to know exactly not only the date of the equinox, but also when the full moon will be according to the lunar calendar. if you turn to ancient history, then we learn that in those distant times the best experts lunar calendar(astrologers), lived in a powerful Egypt at that time, therefore they carried out the calculations.site / node / 6774

The honor of establishing (determining) Orthodox Easter was given to the chief bishop of the Egyptian city of Alexandria. It was at the dawn of the celebration of Holy Easter that he set the exact date for the solemn day for the Bishop of Alexandria. Every year he announced to all local Churches solemn day celebrating Holy Easter.

Subsequently, a calendar was created (by Paschalia) with the dates of the celebration of Easter for as long as 532 years. This calendar (Paschalia) was based on the repetition frequency of the Julian calendar - the circle of the Sun's revolution in 28 years, as well as in the period of the Moon's revolution in 19 years - is repeated every time exactly five hundred thirty-two (532) years. The period of five hundred and thirty-two years is usually called the "great indiction" and its beginning coincides with the date of the beginning of the day "from the creation of the world."

Old Believer Easter - traditions of celebration among Old Believers

Among the priests and bezpopovtsy, the Old Believers of all accords, the traditions of celebrating Holy Easter are in many ways similar. The Old Believers begin breaking the fast on this day, with their families at a meal, but only after they have held a church service. In some communities, there is a common meal to which all believers are invited.

On the day of Holy Easter, there should be special dishes on the table, consisting of colored eggs, Easter and, of course, Easter cake. All these dishes are prepared only once a year - on Bright Sunday of Christ (Easter).

In addition to traditional Easter dishes, Christian believers, as well as non-believers, usually prepare a variety of dishes. Before the beginning of the Easter meal, you should taste the food and water consecrated in the church church, only after that you can start taking the rest of the food.

Easter traditions 2020 - the meaning of Easter eggs

On the day of the date of the celebration of Holy Orthodox Easter in 2020, do not forget to celebrate Christ, to congratulate not only each other on the Bright Resurrection of Christ, but also to everyone you meet with this great holiday. Also on this solemn day, it is customary to exchange dyes or Easter eggs (painted or painted eggs), as well as kiss three times.

For those of you who don't know about tradition and meaning easter eggs, we tell - an egg painted in red (or another) color is usually called dye, but painted with all kinds of patterns, church ornament - Easter eggs, there are also Easter eggs made of wood, they are called - eggs. By the way, the Easter egg painted in red means the blood of Jesus Christ, the one with which he was enriched at the moment of his death. site / node / 6774

It is worth noting the fact that before eggs were painted only in red, and modern customs of painting them in other colors and painting with patterns, this is a modern innovation, which in some communities without priests rejects especially those on which thermal stickers, in the form of flowers , patterns, church temples or the face of Jesus Christ, some kind of inscriptions.

Nevertheless, it is hardly possible to get rid of the fashion trends of coloring and painting Easter eggs, you need to put up with it and even welcome in every possible way, and not repel those who are interested in all sorts of obstacles, so that people become even more involved in the celebration of Holy Easter, learn about the history of the Light Resurrection of Christ.

Holy Orthodox Easter of the coming 2020 will be solemnly celebrated, as we have already said, on the day of Bright Sunday of Christ on the 19th of April. This is the most significant and revered day of the year for believing Christians, because it was on Bright Sunday that Jesus Christ resurrected, on the third day after his death.

Especially happy about it holiday children, because they are the main participants and they are first of all given festive cakes and eggs, treated with baked Easter on the eve, they also receive other sweets, sweets, cookies for the sake of the holiday.

Passover 2020 - Jewish Passover

Passover or Jewish Passover is celebrated in memory of the fact that the Lord God saved the houses of the Jews (Jews) from the Egyptians, when they killed the firstborn of all Egypt in order to kill the future messiah. Passover is also celebrated in honor of the Exodus of the Jews (Jews) from Egypt, which enslaved them.

The Jews celebrate Passover for seven days, and the celebration of the Jewish Passover begins Passover from the fourteenth day of Nisan. It is worth noting that the seven days of the Jewish Passover are celebrated only in Israel itself, and everywhere this holiday lasts eight days.

Passover 2020 - March 31 - April 7 (Jewish Passover)

On this holy and solemn day for Jews all over the world, it is customary to gather at the festive table with the whole family and at a meal to remember the difficult fate of the Jewish people, and also to thank the Lord God for deliverance from suffering, as well as the blessings sent down. For this solemn period of seven or eight days, preparing in advance, they begin cooking (they prepare all kinds of festive dishes), a few days before Passover.

Catholic Easter 2020 for Catholics of the world

Catholic Easter differs in terms of holding from Orthodox (although they periodically coincide), due to different interpretations of the chronology, Catholics calculate the day of Holy Easter according to the new Gregorian calendar, and Orthodox Christians, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, according to the old calendar, Gregorian chronology ...

Catholic at Easter 2020 - celebrated on April 12

It is interesting that not only the timing of Easter is different for the Orthodox and Catholics, but also the traditional treats. If we treat each other with cakes and eggs, then instead of colored eggs among Catholics, the symbol of the solemn day of Catholic Easter is the festive Easter bunny. site / node / 6774

According to ancient beliefs that have come down to modern times, the Easter bunny delivers to everyone gift baskets with colored eggs that day. In Catholic countries, the Easter bunny is the main thing " actor", he is very popular, he is made chocolate, he is presented with drawings and postcards.

Easter Calendar - Orthodox, Catholic and Jewish

Orthodox Easter 2020 (Resurrection of Christ) - April 19

Orthodox Easter 2020 falls on mid-April on the 19th, when all Christian believers (Orthodox) will rejoice on the Bright Day of the Resurrection of Christ and celebrate it festively.

Catholic Easter 2020 - April 12

In 2020, Catholics around the world will rejoice at the arrival of the Bright Day of the Resurrection of Christ on April 12, this day of Catholic Easter is considered the most significant for all believers.

Passover 2020 - Jewish Passover (April 9-16)

In 2020, Jews from all over the world will begin to celebrate Passover on the day of the Bright Resurrection of Christ - April 9, when the Jewish Passover comes, and it will last for Israeli Jews until the fifteenth, and all other representatives of this nationality will celebrate it one day longer. ...

So you learned about the Orthodox, Catholic and Jewish Passover (Passover) of 2020, the code it will be celebrated, by what dates, and also about its traditions and customs, as well as the ancient history of the emergence of the Bright Resurrection of Christ. Of course, we could not fit in one article all that useful and important information about Easter, which is very much, although it is very necessary for everyone, but you yourself can find it in the available literature or some kind of mass media, first of all, in the endless expanses of the world wide web called the Internet!

Do not forget not only on this holiday - Holy Orthodox Easter 2020, to congratulate everyone on the Bright Resurrection of Christ, to greet each other only - "Christ is Risen", but the answer should be - "Truly Risen!" Ideally, this is how you need to greet each other for forty days (according to church teachings), but it will be enough for you and me to greet each other in this way on Easter! site / node / 6774

Always remember that your goodness will also bring goodness to you in return, wish others only goodness and prosperity! Peace, love and prudence to everyone, everyone - appreciate your loved ones and relatives, do not alienate those in need of help, raise your moral level always and in everything, live in unison with your conscience and then it will be easier for you!

Easter in 2020 is celebrated on April 19. This is the main event of the year for Orthodox Christians. The full church name of the holiday is Light Christ's Resurrection... The celebration is timed to coincide with the resurrection of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion.

Easter is a rolling event. Its date is calculated according to the lunisolar calendar. The holiday is celebrated on the next Sunday after the first full moon, which occurs after the vernal equinox. The date falls in the period from April 4 to May 8 according to the new style.

history of the holiday

By order of the Roman procurator of Judea, Pontius Pilate, Jesus Christ was sentenced to a painful death - crucifixion. He was crucified on Mount Calvary on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The exact date of the Savior's death is unknown. This happened on Friday, in the period from 26 A.D. to 36 A.D. After the death of Jesus, they wrapped him in a shroud and laid him in a coffin (stone cave) until the Sabbath rest. On the night from Saturday to Sunday, on the eve of the Jewish Passover, the Myrrh-Bearing Wives came to the tomb. They found an unlocked cave and an angel in it, who informed them of the resurrection of Christ.

The holiday got its name "Passover" from the Jewish Passover, on the night of which the Resurrection of Christ took place. Passover among the Jews is dedicated to the Exodus - the liberation of the Israelites from four centuries of slavery under the yoke of the Egyptian pharaohs. These events are described in the Old Testament.

Traditions and rituals of the holiday

Easter is the main holiday of Christianity. On this day, a solemn service is held in the temples. It starts before midnight. First, the Midnight Office is served, during which the priests take the Shroud to the altar and place it on the throne. Matins begins at midnight. The clergy sings the festive sticira in the altar. Then the clergyman makes a procession of the cross - bypassing the temple under the bell ringing. In his hands he holds a lantern with a burning candle inside. He is followed by representatives of the clergy with church relics. The procession is accompanied by the singing of the stichera. After walking around the temple, matins continues. Integral parts of the Easter service are the Easter Hours and the Liturgy of John Chrysostom.

In many churches on this day, parishioners are allowed to ring the bells. Anyone, accompanied by the clergy, can climb the bell tower and try himself as a bell ringer.

On the Bright Resurrection of Christ, cakes, cottage cheese Easter are blessed in churches, colored eggs(dyes, Easter eggs) and other treats prepared for the festive table. People put food in a wicker basket, cover them with a beautiful towel and go to churches to bless. Also on Easter, artos, leavened bread, is consecrated in churches. It is distributed to believers for keeping at home throughout the year. Artos is taken on an empty stomach for diseases.

Spend this day interesting

Today's Challenge: Bake Your Homemade Easter Cake
Easter cake is a bread symbol of Easter, an irreplaceable attribute of light Christian holiday... Baking Easter cake and its consecration in a church is one of the most ancient Christian customs, preserved to this day. Each housewife has her own tricks for baking delicious Easter cake, which are traditionally passed down from generation to generation, from mother to daughter.

Since ancient times, Easter cake was considered successful if it turned out to be high, airy and soft. Today, there are many recipes for a holiday cake: with baked goods and without baking, with flour and without flour, traditionally decorated with glaze and decorated with all sorts of elements. Only one thing remains unchanged - you need to cook pasque with bright thoughts, putting all your love into them.

Bake your own homemade and flavorful cake and share the recipe.

One of the attributes of the holiday is flowers. People light up live or artificial bouquets at services. Then they bring them home, put them in front of the icons, decorate them festive table.

On Easter, people greet each other with the phrase: "Christ is risen!"

It is a tradition in families to measure strength by breaking Easter eggs. The family member who breaks all the eggs and remains intact is considered the strongest.

On this day, it is customary to visit relatives, spend time with family, arrange festivities, entertainment. In some regions, this holiday is called "Green Christmastide", where people sing ritual songs, congratulate loved ones, go home, praise the owner and wish well-being.

Many people believe that the heavens open on Easter. Therefore, they perform magical rites on this day. Young girls spend love spells on their beloved men and guess at their betrothed. Traditional healers believe that the period Easter holidays - best moment for healing from diseases.

Easter table

Easter is passed on by the Great Forty-day Fast, during which the fasting people abstain from alcohol and food of animal origin. On the Bright Resurrection of Christ, breaking the fast begins. Believers are allowed to eat fast food, red wine. Housewives prepare holiday treats the day before. Traditional dishes are: jellied meat, homemade sausages, bacon, baked young pig, goose stuffed with apples, pies with meat and cheese fillings. At the festive meal, the central place is occupied by cakes, cottage cheese Easter, painted eggs. Eggs are dyed with artificial or natural dyes, drawings and Easter greetings are applied to them. The traditional color is red.

The hostesses cover the festive table with a new white tablecloth with embroidery on Easter theme... In the center, place a dish with the largest and beautiful easter and eggs around. Flowers are placed on the table and candles are lit. It is necessary to start the meal with the products consecrated in the church.

Blessed fire

On Great Saturday, on the eve of Easter, the descent of the Holy Fire takes place in the Jerusalem Church of the Resurrection. The temple was built on Mount Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified, and on the site of the Holy Sepulcher - a stone cave where he was buried.

The fire is carried out at the service from Kuvukliya - a chapel inside the temple. The Greek Patriarch transfers it to other patriarchs, after which it is distributed throughout the temple. More than 15 thousand parishioners take part in the ceremony annually, holding in their hands a bundle of 33 candles - a symbol of the years of the life of Christ. The service in the Church of the Resurrection is broadcast in many countries of the world.

From Jerusalem, the Holy Fire is transmitted to other states. In 1992, after an 80-year hiatus, he was taken to Moscow. Since that time, every year the Holy Fire has been transferred to the capital of Russia by plane and spread to other cities of the country.

What not to do on Easter

On Easter, Christians are prohibited from engaging in hard physical labor. Housewives try to complete all the preparations in the kitchen the day before, so that on the day of the holiday they will be free from household chores. On this day, it is not recommended to be sad, go gloomy, be rude, swear with loved ones, be greedy. On the Bright Resurrection of Christ, one should not refuse alms or help to those in need.

Signs and beliefs

• If all the snow melts by Easter, there will be a good harvest this year.
• If on a holiday you feed the street birds with bread crumbs, then the whole year will be accompanied by good luck and wealth.
• If you manage to see the Easter sunrise, then you should expect good luck in business.
• The hostess who bakes successful Easter bread will have prosperity and prosperity in the house.
• After the service in the temple, it is necessary to extinguish the candle for good luck. A candle that goes out during the service is a bad harbinger.

Easter is a great Orthodox holiday. On this day, Christians attend services where Easter cakes and colored eggs are illuminated. People try to free themselves from household chores and spend time with their loved ones.

Congratulations

Happy Easter, I sincerely congratulate you,
I wish you light in your soul today.
Prayers may cleanse the soul and the house,
Let joy and happiness settle in him.

Everyone wants to become a little kinder,
Then grace will come to every home,
Health, prosperity and even wealth,
And love will be the best medicine.

So the Holy Easter has come,
We sincerely congratulate you on her.
Peace, happiness, love and warmth
We wish you this joyful day.

May the Lord save you from troubles,
Let the angel help you in your business.
May there always be light of good thoughts
The path of life illuminates you brightly.