In every Orthodox family has its own traditions of celebrating light of Easter. They are handed down from generation to generation by our ancestors. Our grandmothers told us how to lay the table for Easter, cooking secrets of the most delicious cake in the world and the most beautiful krashenok.
With all the church holidays of the people associated their traditions and rites, of course, and in such a great holiday as Easter has its own folk omens. Many people believe that eggs made to paint in the morning on Maundy Thursday, and cakes baked, not later than Saturday night, so that by the time the church service they had time to cool down, and the icing to harden. What other signs and traditions exist for Easter?
Sleep is not accepted on Easter night - you have to be in the church in worship. Early Easter morning all sides are heard joyful greeting: "Christ is Risen" and heard the answer: "Truly He is risen." After that, those who pohristosalsya, kiss each other three times - by the Christian tradition. From time immemorial, at Easter all people greet each other, even complete strangers, and kiss - as a sign of universal reconciliation, forgiveness of sins and acceptance of the fact that all men are brothers.
Home need to bring a lighted candle, which is lit at the Easter service and put her home - to protect and clean energy at home.
When he returned in the early morning after the service life with a basket of consecrated Easter treats, you need to break the fast - eating a piece of cake and Krashenki and go to bed. And late in the morning going to the table the whole family, come visit, friends and begins a magnificent triumph.
We all know that Easter is accepted to arrange the battle crashenkami, especially love this invention children - see who is stronger and harder than the shell, is the winner. Egg - a symbol of life, on Easter traditionally paint eggs in different colors, but it is red is the main symbol of Easter. Beat eggs - symbolically means to release life from death.
Eggs and cakes - the main symbol of Easter, decided to give relatives and friends for good luck, health and prosperity.
Beliefs Easter
In order to preserve and increase its beauty woman washed with water from the red painted eggs (usually painted their beet or onion skins). And men to find the strength of spirit and endurance were asked to stand up to the ax that day.
One of the most important Easter will take is how successful the cakes. If they failed the family waiting for this year, happy and well-fed life. Stuck or have not risen, or cracked? Expect trouble.
Also, many will have been due to the weather that day. According to him it was possible to know how much yield will be this year.
- a storm in the day promised late dry autumn.
- rain without a storm - a rainy spring.
- cloudy weather promised cold and gloomy summer.
- starry clear night at Easter - expect frost.
- frost on Easter for a good harvest.
- cold, but not frosty weather - to a dry fly.
- all the snow is completely gone - a good year.
- cloudy Tuesday after Easter - a rainy summer.
- warm and clear Sunday - summer will be warm and sunny.
How to lay the table for Easter?
It was decided to put on the table on Easter Sunday 48 dishes - the number of fasting days. Then feast walked across a large family or even village, and every woman carried to the table lovingly prepared food. Typically, these were the various meat dishes - sausages, cold boiled pork, vegetable dishes, chicken stewed tripe, herring and fish dishes. We prepared all this on Maundy Thursday or Saturday before the holiday.
About making the table for Easter holiday need a white cloth embroidered with elegant designs, and to choose the most beautiful serving dishes and cutlery.
And nowadays every woman tries to have a table for Easter was a rich and folds in his Easter basketonly the best.
And be sure to ask about how original to decorate your home for Easter
