Believers of the Orthodox and Catholic faiths today celebrate Easter, the greatest and oldest Christian holiday, which is celebrated in memory of the resurrection of Christ.
The Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated for three days, and for the next 40 days, Orthodox Christians greet each other with the words Christ is Risen, Truly the Resurrection.
Orthodox Christians prepare for the Resurrection of Christ by fasting for forty days. Easter is a movable holiday, which always falls on the Sunday, the first after the full moon, after the vernal equinox.
On Easter morning, all the church bells ring, and the people with the priest go in procession around the church.
After the third round, he stops in front of the church door. A priest with a cross, a candle and a censer sings the troparion of the Resurrection Christ rose from the dead, with death death destroys those in the grave and life of gifts.
Then the doors open and he enters the temple. Matins continues, after which the Easter liturgy follows, where those who have fasted are prepared with the Holy Mysteries.
At the end of the liturgy, all believers greet each other with the words Christ is risen and confirm their faith with the words "The Truth of the Resurrection."
After the liturgy, the Orthodox people gather in their homes for a festive meal, dominated by the red egg and Easter bread.
It is customary to put painted and decorated eggs on the table. Housemates and guests hit each other with eggs, and the one whose egg is broken hands it over to the one whose was stronger.
Even Christian believers who follow the Gregorian calendar celebrate the feast of the resurrection of Jesus Christ for three days. The feast is movable, meaning that its date changes every year, but it must always fall on a Sunday.
Easter is the biggest Christian holiday celebrating Jesus' return to life - resurrection.
According to Christian belief, it happened three days after Jesus' death, that is, on the first Sunday after Good Friday.
Easter is the holiday celebrated after the Jewish Passover, the first Sunday after the full moon that falls either on or immediately after the spring equinox.
For Christians, who count time according to the Gregorian calendar, Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25.
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