It's Easter

Video: It's Easter

Video: It's Easter
Video: It's Easter 2024, December
It's Easter
It's Easter
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It's Easter! The great day of the Resurrection of Christ most fully represents the basic Christian dogma - the belief in the resurrection of the righteous in a better world.

The Orthodox Church determines the date for celebrating Easter according to the Julian calendar, and the Catholic Church - according to the Gregorian calendar. There are several important Easter customs of the holiday in Bulgaria.

Tradition dictates on Thursday or Saturday to paint the Easter eggs. They are one of the main characteristics of Christian holidays because they remind of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

According to legend the first Easter egg Mary Magdalene laid eggs on the emperor Tiberius and informed him of the resurrection of Christ, and the emperor said that this was impossible, and if so, the hen's egg she was holding should turn red.

And it happened. That's why red is the main color for Easter eggs. In the Orthodox world, eggs are used as a special Easter greeting. People knock eggs and greet Christ Risen.

Easter
Easter

An important feature of the holiday is the home-made Easter cake. It symbolizes the body of Jesus Christ, and the eggs painted red symbolize his blood.

And the lamb is an extremely important symbol of Easter. It personifies Jesus and is associated with his death because it was sacrificed on the Day of Resurrection.

The Christian tradition presents Jesus as the Lamb of God. In many homes, tradition dictates that roast lamb be eaten on the first day after the 40-day Easter fast.

You have to at Easter to dress in new clothes. They are a symbol of the revival of new life in the spring and of the Resurrection. In Bulgaria The Easter festivities continue three days.

At midnight on Saturday versus Sunday, everyone goes to church and, after the solemn service announcing the resurrection of Christ, heads to their homes with a lighted candle in their hand.

The Easter greeting is Christ is Risen, and the answer is Truly He is Risen.

On the Easter table today you must put painted eggs, bread with cheese and eggs, ritual bread for Easter, lettuce, roast lamb, Easter cake, Easter roll.

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