Как празднуют пасху в Польше?8-9

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Easter in Poland is one of the most grandiose and revered festivals, which is a tangle of traditions of prescription, religious mysteries and modern customs. It is not surprising that the Poles love Easter and celebrate it on a grand scale, because Poland is one of the most religious countries in Europe. With the bright holiday of Easter, a lot of unusual and strange customs are associated, which Poles observe and transmit from generation to generation, and the festival itself is colorful and solemn, like in no other country in the world.

The date of the celebration of the Passover, or the Feast of the Resurrection of Christ, changes annually and is calculated according to the lunisolar calendar. From 1582 the churches of the Western and Eastern traditions celebrate Easter on different calendars. The Greek-Catholic and Orthodox Churches adhere to the Julian calendar. The Roman Catholic Church has moved to a new Gregorian calendar, or a "new style calendar." According to the Gregorian calendar, spring begins thirteen days before Julian, which results in a difference in the dates of the celebration of Easter. Holiday cleaning has become a tradition and symbolizes the removal of traces of winter, as well as evil and diseases from our bodies and houses in anticipation of a miracle, spiritual and physical rebirth. In this pre-holiday period, shopping centers, markets and main squares of the city are also preparing for the holiday, organizing Easter fairs, where you can buy all the Easter attributes: eggs, rabbits, chickens and any other decorations for your holiday table for Easter. At the Easter fairs also there are kiosks with meat, fish, breads and pasks, where you will be offered interesting events, and you can buy everything you need in the Easter basket. The Great Sabbath - on this day the Eucharist is not celebrated and the Easter dishes are consecrated: the egg - symbolizes the Risen Lord who came out of the "shell" of the coffin; meat - indicates the true Passover Lamb killed for our salvation; paska, that is, baked yeast "grandmother", which is a sign that the Risen distributes himself as bread; salt is a symbol of the fact that the Risen Lord sends us to communicate the gospel of salvation and to be the "salt of the earth." On Saturday, the whole Church is preparing for the Easter night. Easter is the Holy Sunday, the Lord's Passover, the day of the Lord's Resurrection. On Easter Week, after the solemn service, all families gather for a festive breakfast. Easter breakfast begins with the separation of the consecrated eggs, which is a symbol of life and rebirth. On the table should be a traditional soup zhurek or white borsch, meat, sausages, pates, stuffed eggs, and for dessert - cakes and mazurkas. On holidays, Easter eggs are given to family members and friends, which symbolizes health, strength and success for the family, and children like chocolate as gifts in the form of Easter eggs, rabbits, chickens and lambs. Easter Monday, or poured. The origin of such a name has not been clarified. According to one version, it comes from the German language. On this day, the inhabitants of Poland risk being bathed in water and beaten by birch branches According to popular beliefs, such a rite symbolizes the purification of a person during the Bright Christ's Resurrection. Lit Monday, which is very popular in the Christian tradition, originates from pagan times.