Easter or Bright Christ Sunday - the oldest and most important Christian holiday. Currently, the date of Easter for each specific year is calculated along the lunar-sun calendar, which makes Easter by a passing holiday.

Almost all Easter traditions arose in worship. Even the scope of Easter folk guilds is associated with a consecration after the Great Post - the abstinence time, when all holidays, family, including, were transferred to the celebration of Easter. Easter symbols are all that expresses an update (Easter streams), light (Easter fire), life (Easter cakes, eggs and hares). Starting from the Easter night and the next forty days (until the Easter is given), it is customary to "be Christ", that is, welcome each other with the words: "Christ is Risen!" - "Verily Risen!", At the same time, trying to kissing.

When Easter will be in 2019-2021 in the Orthodox and Catholics of Russia

In accordance with the church prescription, the current date of the Orthodox Easter is calculated as follows: the day coming after the day of spring equinox is March 21 and the first spring full moon - this is March 31, 2018. Easter will take place no earlier than a week after the Jewish holiday and certainly on Sunday.

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The Light Resurrection does not have a permanent date and is a passing holiday. Easter is traditionally celebrated after the completion of the Great Post. In 2018, the post of Orthodox Christians ends on April 7, and Easter accounts for 8 numbers. Catholics will begin the holiday a week earlier, April 1, 2018.

Below can be found with the dates of the Easter holiday in Orthodox and Catholics for 2019, 2020, 2021.

What do you eat for Easter?

Family dinner as a special sacrament. Relatives are sitting at the table, everyone has dinner and bring congratulations, thank God. Easter morning, as a symbol of the end of the post, so Christians do not put restrictions in food. Before you sat down, it is better to go to the temple, consecrate the products that allow you to become a little closer to this holiday.

Eggs cause a lot of associations. It seems that they are dead, but there may be a new life inside that the rules pierces the shell and appears on the rules. But the cakes are ranked towards Easter bread. They are special, baked with the addition of raisins, nuts. Once cake symbolized the body of the Lord, but now demonstrates the guilty, they treat guests. Kulich is called sweet yeast dough, and Easter delicacy from cottage cheese, who bake once a year.

Over the course of 3 days in France, the bells do not beat. The ringing is a symbol of what Easter has come. Under it, all the believers bring congratulations to each other, and kiss. Chocolate eggs create chocolate eggs, they are broken, throwing into the air.

In Switzerland, Easter is noted magnificent. In this country, the greatest number of traditions related to the holiday. For such a reason, the holiday is different in the canton. Music playing everywhere in Swiss cities, everything is having fun, and prayers are also sounded. In the countryside, people treat wine, cheese and bread. In the capital, everyone meets Easter next to the elevator. All the eggs are fighting between themselves, the strongest wins.

In America, a festive procession is satisfied. People from different states come to New York.

Obviously, regardless of the state and place of residence, it is recommended to support all people in Easter. The holiday calls Christians to forgive and rejoice.

Signs and beliefs for Easter

There are a number of acceptable from the older to the younger generation, they are true and always come true. Therefore, they should not be neglected. Basic signs and beliefs:

1. All the time while the hostess bake festive cakes, at home should not be extended sounds. Quarrels are generally unacceptable. Only peace and peace contribute to delicious baking.
2. In villages and district centers, people believe that the owner who brought a festive basket into the house will be rewarded with a good harvest.
3. If the dough quickly rises, then there will be no material problems in the house.
4. If we roll the sanctified egg on home utensils, it will be healthy and bring rich offspring.
5. In order to get married successfully, it follows in the morning service to ask Jesus.
6. If a young mother gave birth to a child for a holiday, he will have a bright and happy road.
7. If you hear a cuckoo on Sunday - to good luck, young beauties - to the ambulance wedding.
8. Kulich necessarily treat birds for happiness.
9. Thunderstorm at Easter - Late Autumn. Supreme rain - cold rainy spring.
10. If there is no sun, then summer will be gloomy.
11. Frost - year will be a yield.
12. Warm weather - hot summer.
13. Many stars in the sky - soon there will be cooling.

The bright holiday is filled with spiritual traditions and love. Celebrating Easter, we become kinder and look with a smile on the world!

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The main traditions of Easter

The modern Easter celebration retains most of the basic traditions of the holiday from ancient times. Everyone sincerely wants, so that the Easter weekend was issued to the familiar for the whole family.

Now, as before, tables are generously covered at Easter, a variety of dishes are preparing. Among them is the main symbol of the Easter table, for many years, there are painted eggs, Easter cakes, fragrant cottage cheese Easter. On Saturday, all these goodies are carried on the solemn service to the church, where the father will definitely hurt them.
And on Sunday, in the morning, the whole family is going to be held in the morning to deal with the sacred food. Festive and elegant, relatives greet each other three times with the words: "Christ is resurrected!", What is the same three times answer - "Verily Rissed!" And, in turn, the traditions also kiss three times. At the table reigns the fallen mood and laughter, and Easter entertainment makes their flavor.

1. Easter has always been perceived as a family festival. On this day, all relatives must be collected at one family table to rejoice at the spring renewal of nature, the wonderful resurrection of God's Son.
2. On Sunday night, light bulbs, candles, whatever light be lit in every house. This is a symbol of the one hundred Slavic Orthodox people is preparing for the biggest holiday of their faith.
3. On Easter day, people who meet each other must necessarily exchange crash and kiss three times, saying phrase: "Christ is risen - truly resurrected!" It is believed that in this way, people show their clean and good intentions to each other. All warring earlier certainly should be reconciled for the sake of joy and a miracle that happened with the resurrection of Christ.
4. The hostess for Easter necessarily prevained the perfect purity in their homes, threw all unnecessary trash so that the family was also graceful and comfort.
5. By the Day of the Resurrection of Christ, the hostess are always collecting baskets with different products and drinks so that the father will consecrate them with water, and it was possible to spend a pretty after the Great Post. In baskets, as a rule, there are cakes, paints, meat, fat, salt, water, "kahors" and other ingredients that simply consider it necessary to take with them.

In the Slavic Vedic tradition, a grandsel is one of the largest and most important calendar holidays - the day when after the winter is resurrected the whole world. The external natural phenomenon acts as a symbol of an internal deep divine action - the rebirth of the universe. The date of the celebration of Lardy then coincided with the Day of Spring Equinoxy and had a somewhat different from today's sense.

In the Old Testament times, the celebration of Easter always took place on the 15th of the month of Nisan on the lunar calendar. From the beginning of the Christ Church, two traditions of Easter celebration at the 14th day of the month of Nisan on the Jewish lunar calendar were established. In Malaya Asia, they celebrated, remembering mainly the crucifixion of the Savior on this day, and in Rome and other churches were celebrated on Sunday after this date, remembering the Resurrection of Christ.

Mandatory for all churches of the formula for determining the Easter Day was approved at the I Ecumenical Cathedral in 325. According to Easter, it is celebrated on the first Sunday day after the first full moon, which happened after the day of the spring equinox. It was also found that Easter should not be celebrated with the Jews or before their celebration, but in the Western tradition churches this condition is not taken into account now.

Diffuses in determining Easter dates between East and West arose after administration in the XVI century. Gregorian (new) style, when in the West began to use a new formula for calculating Easter associated with an embedded calendar. In the eastern church tradition, the Julian (old) calendar style has been preserved, and therefore the date of Easter is calculated from the day of equinox to the old style, while in Western tradition, the date of Easter is calculated from the day of equinox on a new style.

Considering that the date of the full moon, to which the celebration of Easter is tied, is not fixed and falls on different days within one month, the discrepancy between the Eastern and Western celebration of Easter is also not fixed.

To calculate Easter's Day, you can use Easter Easter - special tables that constitute the Orthodox Church. Orthodox Easter is calculated on the Alexandrian Easter, taking into account the days of the full moon.
Below are the tables of the Easter Day Celebrations until 2051 in Christians of the Eastern Tradition, Christians of the Western tradition, from Jews.

Christian Easter - Great, Resurrection of Christ (Julian calendar)
Celebrate: Orthodox and most Greco Catholics and part of Protestants - old-stand trucks.
2012 15.04
2013 5.05
2014 20.04
2015 12.04
2016 1.05
2017 16.04
2018 8.04
2019 28.04
2020 19.04
2021 2.05
2022 24.04
2023 16.04
2024 5.05
2025 20.04
2026 12.04
2027 5.05
2028 16.04
2029 8.04
2030 28.04
2031 13.04
2032 2.05
2033 24.04
2034 9.04
2035 29.04
2036 20.04
2037 5.04
2038 25.04
2039 17.04
2040 6.05
2041 21.04
2042 13.04
2043 3.05
2044 24.04
2045 9.04
2046 29.04
2047 21.04
2048 5.04
2049 25.04
2050 17.04

Christian Easter - Great, Resurrection of Christ (Grigorian calendar)
Celebrate: Roman Catholics, Finnish Orthodox Church, part of Greco Catholics and part of Protestants - newsnels,
2012 8.04
2013 31.03
2014 20.04
2015 5.04
2016 27.03
2017 16.04
2018 1.04
2019 21.04
2020 12.04
2021 4.04
2022 17.04
2023 9.04
2024 31.03
2025 20.04
2026 5.04
2027 28.03
2028 16.04
2029 1.04
2030 21.04
2031 13.04
2032 28.03
2033 17.04
2034 9.04
2035 25.03
2036 13.04
2037 5.04
2038 25.04
2039 10.04
2040 1.04
2041 21.04
2042 6.04
2043 29.03
2044 17.04
2045 9.04
2046 25.03
2047 14.04
2048 5.04
2049 18.04
2050 10.04

Pesach - Jewish Easter (Jewish calendar) celebrate: Jews
2012 7.04
2013 26.03
2014 15.04
2015 4.04
2016 23.04
2017 16.04
2018 31.03
2019 20.04
2020 9.04
2021 28.03
2022 16.04
2023 6.04
2024 23.04
2025 13.04
2026 2.04
2027 22.04
2028 11.04
2029 31.03
2030 18.04
2031 8.04
2032 27.03
2033 14.04
2034 4.04
2035 24.04
2036 12.04
2037 31.03
2038 20.04
2039 9.04
2040 29.03
2041 16.04
2042 5.04
2043 25.03
2044 12.04
2045 2.04
2046 21.04
2047 11.04
2048 29.03
2049 17.04
2050 7.04

Easter dates depend on other holidays, the numbers of which are changing every year. These are holidays with a non-permitting date: the Ascension of Christ - on the 40th day after Easter.
Through the next 10 days, i.e. On Sunday, fifty day after Easter, the Fathests of the Holy Spirit, Trinity, Pentecost or Green Holidays comes.
And after 8 days, from Monday, Peters begins, which lasts before the holiday of the Apostles Peter and Paul, until June 29 in the Gregorian calendar, or until July 12 - on the Julian calendar.
Thus, the duration of the Easter depends on the duration of the period between the "fixed" holiday and the beginning of the Great Post, as well as the duration of Petrov's post.
The Great Post begins at the Orthodox and Greek Catholics on Monday, 48 days before Easter, Rimo Catholics - in the ash ones 46 days before Easter.

Almost everything is traditionally prepared for the luminous holiday of Easter. Each hostess seeks to visit the perfect order in the house, put on the table fragrant Easter cakes and painted eggs, please their family and guests with bright and festive dishes. To this important day of the year, it is necessary to prepare thoroughly: not only to think through the festive menu, but also to meet the Resurrection of Christ with a great trepidation, a clean soul and open heart.

Easter is the holiday of Svetlov Christ of Resurrection, victory of life over death. In order for this day to be saving for the soul, you need to prepare for it with a special prayer, fasting and worship services. During the post, the Christian is faced to confess and compete. It is necessary to realize your sinfulness, to strengthen in the good deeds of mercy and compassion, true faith for the resurrect Lord and to all close.

Preparation for the holiday - baking kulukhai and dyeing eggs - takes place on a passionate sadmice, the last week to Easter. Kichy bake preferably to Thursday or on Thursday, on Friday it is undesirable: this day is special, passionate. Consecration of Easter cakes and painted eggs are made on the day before on Saturday or on the day of the Holy Easter.

In Easter days, you need to welcome each other with the words "Christ Risen! Truly Risen! "

Easter magic.

"In childhood, we always waited for a magical Easter holiday. They put on new outfits and fled to the streets, taking painten with them. The houses on the white tablecloth stood a huge dish, in his center - Babushkin Curd Easter, and around her - painted eggs. To what the tasty was this Easter, although she was preparing from the most simple products! "

Wipe through sieve 1 kg of cottage cheese. Add 5 eggs, 200 g of butter, 400 g sour cream,put on fire. Heat, stirring, to the first bubbles. Remove from the fire, put it on the cold and stir the wooden spoon until it cools. Add 400 g of sugarMixed S. vaniline, I. cinnamonMix. Put in a shape destined with a linen napkin. Put under the press. When the serum stalks, lay out Easter on the dish. Decorate grated chocolate or multicolored marmalades. Also fashionably add kuragu and raisins taste.

What Easter dishes are prepared in Europe?

IN UK The main Easter dish is a baked stuffed lamb. And the eggs for the holiday take not only chicken, but also goose and ostrich.

IN Italy At Easter, it is customary to cook lamb. Mandatory attribute of the holiday - Colomba. This is something like our Easter, but with a lemon aroma and in the almond glaze.

IN Poland. The table is placed on the famous white sausage from pork, "women" from sweet yeast dough and "Mazuriki" - sand pies, decorated with sugar eggs, cream and chocolate flowers.

IN Germany The main Easter dish is considered baked fish, and a chocolate cookie is served for dessert. On the table at Easter should stand a bouquet of daffodils - the Germans are considered to be a symbol of the holiday.

What number falls out Easter in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020?

How to calculate Easter Day?

Easter (Orthodox Easter) is determined by the rule that was established on the first universal cathedral (325 g), in the city of Nahei. According to this rule, Easter is on the first Sunday after the spring full moon and after the Jewish Easter. The rulings (canons) of the Universal Councils cannot be changed.

The Roman Church in 1054 separated from the Orthodox Church. Since those times, they made a lot of changes. One of them was the introduction of the so-called "new calendar". Protestants followed behind the Roman Church. Because of this, they happens that the Jewish Easter happens after their Easter, which is a violation of the resolution of the First Ecumenical Cathedral.

Christian Easter is celebrated in the spring, but the day of the celebration is not a certain date, it is determined by the lunar-sun calendar. This day falls for the period of April 7 (March 22) until May 8 (April 25).

To calculate Easter's Day, you can use Easter Easter - special tables that constitute the Orthodox Church. Easter dates depend on other holidays, the numbers of which are changing every year. These are passing holidays: the Ascension of Christ - a fortieth day after Easter, Trinity (Pentecost) - the fiftieth day after Easter, the day of the Holy Spirit is the next day after the Trinity.

Orthodox Easter is calculated in the Alexandrian Easter.
Full moon (y) \u003d March 21 + [(19 · + 15) / 30].
where - the residue from fission a focus A on b.
If the value is full moon (y)< 32, то дата полнолуния будет в марте;
If the value is full moon (y)\u003e \u003d 32, then it is necessary to subtract 31 days, and the date in April will turn out.

Formula Gauss Easter Calculation: - Salad from division;
a \u003d + 15) / 30] (for example, \u003d 12, a \u003d [(19 · 12 + 15) / 30] \u003d 3, full moon (2007) \u003d March 21 + 3 \u003d March 24)
B \u003d [(2 · + 4 · + 6 · a + 6) / 7] (for example, \u003d 3, \u003d 5, so for 2007 B \u003d 1)
If (a + b)\u003e 10, then Easter will (A + B - 9) of April Art. Style, otherwise - (22 + a + b) March Art. Style. We get 22 + 3 + 1 \u003d March 26 (Art. Art) or March 26 + 13 \u003d April 8 (n. Art.)
The Easter date can get from March 22 to April 25 under Art. Stud. (In the XX-XXI centuries, this corresponds to the period from April 4 to May 8 to N. Style). If Easter coincides with the celebration of the Annunciation (April 7), then it is called Kirobasha (Easter Lord).

Orthodox Christians to the wonderful Easter testimonies include the congument of a fertilized fire in the church of the Mernel of the Lord in Jerusalem, which is happening in the Great Saturday before the Orthodox Easter.
You can independently calculate the deadlines of Easter. The German Mathematician Gauss in the XVIII century suggested a formula to determine the Easter Day in the Gregorian calendar. The calculation is made by the value of mathematical values \u200b\u200bindicated (for simplicity) letters A, B, B, G, d. Each letter is equal to the following value:
a - the residue from dividing the number of the year by 19;
b - the residue from the division of the number of the year by 4;
in - the residue from dividing the number of the year by 7;
g - residue from division by 30 expressions 19a + 15;
d - residue from division by 7 expressions 2B + 4V + 6G + b.

The found values \u200b\u200b"g" and "d" are used to finalize the problem.
Easter is celebrated after the day of the spring equinox and, therefore, falls on March or April.

If the expression g + d is less than 9, Easter of this year will be in March according to the old style, and its day will be 22 + g + + d.
If G + D is greater than 9, Easter will be April (according to old style), and the date of its celebration is equal to r + d - 9.
When calculating should not be forgotten that in 1918 our country has moved to a new calendar style, which "overtook" an old style for 13 days. Consequently, it is necessary to add to the calculated number 13.

Lenten menus to the great post by day.

What you can eat in the first week of the Great Post:
1st day - abstinence from food

What can be in the second week of the Great Post:

2nd day - boiled food without oil
3rd day - raw food without oil
4th day - boiled food without oil
5th day - raw food without oil
6th day - boiled food with butter and wine
7th day - boiled food with butter and wine

That you can eat in the third week of the Great Post:
1st day - raw food without oil
2nd day - boiled food without oil
3rd day - raw food without oil
4th day - boiled food without oil
5th day - raw food without oil
6th day - boiled food with butter and wine
On the 7th day (the Annunciation of the Most Holy Virgin) - boiled food with oil and wine.

What can be in the fourth week of the Great Post:
2nd day - boiled food without oil
3rd day - raw food without oil
4th day - boiled food without oil
5th day - raw food without oil
6th day - boiled food with butter and wine
7th day - boiled food with butter and wine

What you can eat on the fifth week of the Great Post:
1st day - raw food without oil
2nd day - boiled food without oil
3rd day - raw food without oil
4th day - boiled food with butter
5th day - raw food without oil
6th day - boiled food with butter and wine
7th day - boiled food with butter and wine

That you can eat in the sixth week of the Great Post:
1st day - raw food without oil
2nd day - boiled food without oil
3rd day - raw food without oil
4th day - boiled food without oil
5th day - raw food without oil
6th day (Lazareva Saturday) - boiled food with butter, wine, caviar
7th day (Palm Sunday) - Fish is allowed

What you can eat in the seventh week of the Great Post:
1st day - raw food without oil
2nd day - raw food without oil
3rd day - raw food without oil
4th day - boiled food with butter, wine
5th day - nothing eaten
6th day - boiled food without oil

Easter. It is allowed to eat rapid food.

When will this year be Easter? - In 2019, the believers around the world, as in all 20 recent centuries, will celebrate the chief Christian holiday - Easter.

Orthodox celebrate Easter April 28., catholics – The 21st of April. Easter jewish — since 19. on April 27 inclusive(On the territory of Israel, the holiday is celebrated a day less).

So, imagine all information in the table: what number will be celebrated Easter from representatives of different religions in 2018-2020.

It turns out that almost in all cases solemn worship, joyful greetings "Christ is risen! Truly Rissed! " will be held in such a beautiful spring month as April.

And in fact, the date of the holiday is constantly changing and, as we see, it can fall into March, and May. On why it happens, it is described in detail below.

Why the date of Easter is constantly changing

The question of what date is Easter in 2019, closely connected with another mystery. What is the reason why the celebration date is constantly changing? After all, for example, Christmas or baptism is always celebrated on the same day.

Easter refers to the so-called passenger holidays. It is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first spring full moon. This decision was made back at 325 on the first universal cathedral (in the city of Nahei). Moreover, it is important to understand that spring begins not March 1, and the warm season will begin after March 21 (Spring Equinox Day).

On this account, you can even get a formal commentary of the priests, for example, such.

However, why are the dates of the Orthodox and Catholic Easter almost always differ? Here the answer is obvious: Catholics back in 1582 moved to the Gregorian calendar, which is also called a new style.

And the Orthodox still recognize the Julian calendar - an old style. So it turns out that almost always (in 70% of cases) the days of the celebration differ. Interestingly, in the near future they will coincide only on April 20, 2025. So, on this day there will be Orthodox, and Catholic Easter.

And in order to end in dealing with the question of what date is Easter in 2019, remember the Jewish people. Why is it constantly changing the date of the holiday of the dog (so the Jews call Easter)? Here the answer looks more interesting.

The fact is that if Christians use a sunny calendar (that is, the countdown of the years is exclusively in the sun), then the Jewish calendar takes into account the sun cycle, and the moon phases, i.e. It is moon-sunny. Pesach should be celebrated only in the first full moon in the spring. So it turns out that the date of the holiday is also constantly changing.

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In all three cases, one general moment is traced: whatever the calendar is taken as a basis, representatives of each confession are prescribed the Easter date for the first spring full moon (or the near Sunday after this event). Such a coincidence is no coincidence.

Easter is the day of the Resurrection of Christ, the anniversary of the withdrawal of the Jewish people from Egyptian slavery (in the ideas of the Jews). However, this is not at all contrary to the fact that the Easter days comes to the offensive of spring. So the holiday in any case acts as a symbol of revival and kind changes.

How to prepare for Easter

So now it is clear who and when will celebrate Easter in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Then the time to answer a more interesting question - different peoples are prepared for this holiday.

It is no secret that the same event is always refracted through the prism of cultural characteristics and spiritual wealth of people living in a particular corner of the planet. Classic example - New Year. The essence of the holiday is the same, but the ways to celebrate it are thousands.

As for the Light Easter, then here we can open a lot of interesting details. It follows from how different peoples are prepared for the meeting of the Chief Christian Holiday:

1. In Russia and other countries with a large number of Orthodox brothers and sisters, it is customary to paint eggs in advance and the bake of the cakes, which are called the cute word "sheba". Often it is acquired in stores, but much more interesting to make Easter bread alone. By the way, it has long been noted that if you correctly knead the dough and fulfill the entire recipe, Kulich will retain freshness for several days, even wrapped in a towel.
2. In Germany, the countries of Scandinavia and some other European states have long exist and now love one interesting tradition. Parents acquire delicious chocolate eggs in advance, as well as chickens and bunnies figures. They take a woven Easter basket, put in her greens, and from above - multicolored sweets. The next morning basket turns out to be on the table at the kid. And often it is even hiding in the house or in the garden - let the kids themselves will find candy.
3. And in many European countries, it is customary to send postcards with the image. According to the legend, it is he who rises his paws painted chicken eggs. There is even a belief that this animal was once a chicken, which the evil goddess Estra turned into a hare. Nevertheless, he did not lose his cheerfulness and every Easter continues to carry eggs.

Of course, there are general traditions uniting countries, peoples and continents. For example:

What do on the second day Easter

That came Monday. But this does not mean that Easter celebration ended. There is a so-called period of permanent period - i.e. after the holiday. In the Orthodox tradition, it lasts 38 days (and together the Great Saturday and actually bright resurrection it turns out 40 days). Such a duration is not accidental - because Christ is not only resurrected, but also left back to heaven. And it happened exactly 40 days after his uprising from the dead.

Of course, the most important is the first Easter week, which is called differently:

• Light saddimians;
• Fomina Week;
• Holy Week.

It is believed that on Monday - i.e. Immediately after a light resurrection - it is worth going to visit all relatives, friends, friends. Perhaps someone has long been waiting for your attention. And when such a wonderful reason appears, then as they say, God himself ordered to visit.

By the way, by tradition on Monday, loved ones visited men. Wives stay at home and prepare a modest (lean food). And on Tuesday, the ladies are already going to visit. In fact, there will be nothing terrible if you go to my family, friends, familiar with the whole family. It is customary to give modest Easter gifts and welcome each other with joyful words: "Christ is risen! Truly Rissed! " They can be pronounced for all 40 days.

At the Orthodox after that, it is customary to kiss the closest to the cheek three times. This form of greetings is called Christ. Also, the traditions split the eggs, confronting them with each other with the interlocutor. Do it on both the holiday and other days.

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In Italy, Easter Monday is the official day off. Cheerful Italians love not only to walk on guests, but also to gather big, friendly companies to go on a picnic. Of course, the nature of them is favorably - the southern country is not suitable for a fun time in nature.

Orthodox and Catholic Easter 2015 - History, Easter traditions

We tell you about Easter, the history and traditions of this church holiday, what date will be in 2015, 2016, 2017 ... Orthodox and Catholic Easter and more, about everything about what is connected with this holiday worldwide, its holding and celebrating.

You are sure that you are well known, Orthodox, like Catholic Easter, is a Christian church date, which is devoted to such a historical event, as - the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, and know about Easter, its history, celebration and traditions, should know each of us.

Resurrection of Christ is the most revered and one of the most ancient holidays in the whole church calendar. The name of the Easter holiday (Resurrection of Christ), appeared very long ago, and went from the Jewish word "Pesach." Easter from the Jewish people was devoted primarily to the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian slavery. In the modern world, in the eyes of many Christians, the Resurrection of Christ (Easter) is the main symbol of the atonement of the sins of people, through the physical death of Jesus Christ, followed by his resurrection. http://worldluxrealty.com/node/3114

Name Easter holiday, even the greatest and most revered holiday, too little and wrong. After all, Easter is more important than any other holiday and exactly the significance of any event, ever, which happened in world history. On this day, all people in the world, which means almost every one of us, get hope for salvation, because Christ is resurrected.

Why this day is called Easter, because it means "transition", and Easter is celebrated, both in Orthodox and in the Catholic Church as the main day of the year. In church Easter - the whole essence of Christianity, in his entire history, the whole meaning of the faith of mankind.

Orthodox Easter	Catholic Easter
Orthodox Easter 2015 year - April 12	Catholic Easter 2015 year - April 5
Orthodox Easter 2016 - May 1	Catholic Easter 2016 year - March 27
Orthodox Easter 2017 year - April 16	Catholic Easter 2017 year - April 16
Orthodox Easter 2018 - April 8	Catholic Easter 2018 - April 1
Orthodox Easter 2019 year - April 28	Catholic Easter 2019 year - April 21
Orthodox Easter 2020 - April 19	Catholic Easter 2020 - April 12
Orthodox Easter 2021 - May 2	Catholic Easter 2021 - April 4
Orthodox Easter 2022 year - April 24	Catholic Easter 2022 - April 17
Orthodox Easter 2023 - April 16	Catholic Easter 2023 - April 9
Orthodox Easter 2024 - May 5	Catholic Easter 2024 - March 31
Orthodox Easter 2025 year - April 20	Catholic Easter 2025 - April 20

History and traditions of Easter celebration

In the modern Western world, Christians adhere to the Gregorian calendar, and therefore Easter is celebrated not as we, namely, after the spring equinox, on the first Sunday after the first day of the full moon. http://worldluxrealty.com/node/3114

In the Western world, the festive worship of Easter first moved to the evening of passionate Saturday, and later, already in the 14th century, celebrated steel in the morning.

Early in the morning of this day in the chosets around the world, the blessing of water and fire is carried out. After the new fire will be lit with the help of the chaole, the consecration of the Easter Candle begins and the hymn has a singing, and after that, 12 prophecies begin to read. The fire grilled fire in the surrounding houses, with which everyone lights Easter candles. The wax from the candles burned with this fire is considered to be healing and miraculous. If you believe the ancient belief, it protects against unclean forces. http://worldluxrealty.com/node/3114

The Easter Holy Water also has unusual properties, it is later added to food and her face wash her, as well as the people of this water at home, first of all, to protect against the dark forces.

It is known that one of the most famous Easter symbols are painted eggs. This beautiful and unusual custom is very common and read. The priests are accepted on Saturday, to carry out the lighting of eggs in the houses of its parishioners, and with the rest of food.

The evening before Easter is called a passionate Saturday, and is dedicated to this day to night ministry. In the morning, everything is eaten, mostly eggs, although it is preparing even sink bread and meat dishes.

Sunday - in the morning in Easter Sunday after a ritual, which is dedicated to worship, young people with songs and congratulations surround at home, thus, rewarding the holiday. Among the different entertainment dedicated to Easter, playing games with painted eggs are very popular: they are broken by each other, throw each other and other entertainment.

Eggs are also accepted and exchanged with friends and loved ones. Throughout the Easter holiday, namely, the entire Easter week of the Christian of the whole world is trying to visit worship. On the streets of the same cities and villages, there are various ideas dedicated to the topic of religion.

For believers of people around the world, both Orthodox and Catholic Church Easter - one of the greatest and revered holidays. But we are confident that few of you know that our roots of Easter deeply goes to the pre-Christian cult of the gods of vegetation, which in beliefs - die and then resurrect. These gods of vegetation in the ancient eastern were in those distant times, in a great honor. In essence, Easter is the ancient feast of mankind, and above all, a holiday - awakening spring, but over time, rethinking and converted into Christian legends. http://worldluxrealty.com/node/3114

Why do not the dates of Orthodox and Catholic Easter coincide?

The Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century, conducted a large-scale reform of the calendar. The purpose of this reform was to introduce a new method of calculating Easter. It is for this reason that the Catholic Orthodox Easter and have a discrepancy in the date of the holiday. This is primarily due to the difference between church full moon, and also differences in solar calendars.

Catholic Easter in the Western World is held earlier (almost half the case), Orthodox for a week, about 30 percent of Easter cases coincide, in five percent cases - the difference between the Orthodox and Catholic Easter is 1 month and 20 percent is 5 weeks. Differences in the holding of Easter in two or three weeks does not happen.