Soon Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter Festival - Easter. Since the beginning of Holy Week is actively preparing for this day. When the rules need to oven cakes and painted eggs for Easter?
Today Maundy ThursdayAnd therefore to the Radiant Resurrection of Christ there are only three days. Mistress takes the last preparations on the house, preparing food and start the oven cakes. What day of the Holy Week is to make the most correct?
When it is possible to paint eggs for Easter week
When dye eggs for Easter / istockphoto.com
Traditionally, eggs are dyed on Holy Saturday, but the Church does not forbid it to do on other days of Holy Week, with the exception of Good Friday. Good Friday - a day of mourning and grief, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified, so that day home chores and cooking is better to postpone.
Painted eggs - a symbol of Easter and a very powerful amulet. So, our ancestors first painted egg is endowed healing properties and regarded him as a powerful talisman against all evil. This egg is eaten, and stored until next Easter.
Now for decorating eggs using a variety of materials and techniques: decoupage, stickers, painting. But the main color of Easter eggs - red, so make sure that among all krashanok and eggs were the same color.
When cakes are baked on Holy Week?
What day baked cakes / istockphoto.com
There is plenty of different opinions as to what day of the rules needed bake cakes. Someone thinks that it should be done on Good Friday, but this is misleading. Good Friday - the only day during Holy Week, when this can not be done. According to church tradition, it is desirable to bake cakes was on Maundy Thursday, although it can be done, and on Saturday, if you are worried about their softness and safety. By the way, the batter for the cakes you can prepare in advance, and on Thursday or Saturday only have to bake them.
Holy Week - the preparation for the great feast, so from the very start Monday housewife cleaning the house and procure products for cakes and festive table.
Easter symbols: value
Easter cakes and colored eggs - the main symbol of Easter. Our ancestors believed that the cake is the personification of the tomb of Christ, because it resembles the shape. Now the cakes are very different form, but still is the main symbol of the Light of the holiday, a symbol of worship and love.
The tradition of painting eggs takes us back to Mary Magdalene, who learned that Christ is risen, he came with this message to the Roman emperor. He did not believe her, saying that "Rather, it will turn red egg than I believe that Jesus rose from the dead", but the egg in the hands of a woman instantly turned red. So every year, Orthodox Christians dye eggs for Easter as a symbol of faith in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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