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MEAT & EGGS PLATE UKRAINIAN EASTER TRADITION.

For Christians, God’s Resurrection is a holiday from holiday, solemnity from solemnity». So everyone who believes in God tries to visit the church on Easter night. It resounds with angels’ news about Christ’s Resurrection. Spring air is filled with paska (baked sweet bread with raisins). Sanctifying the Easter basket is one of the traditions on Easter night. It isn’t only a national custom. Every product has its own meaning and in any way connects the earthly and supernatural. WHY CHRISTIANS SANCTIFY FOOD The custom of sanctifying food at Easter appeared in the Orthodox Church in ХIV century.. For a long time, Christians brought to church only sheep baked from dough. In time, the Easter basket was filled with another product. The tradition has gained cultural wealth. After a long Lent, the Church blesses Christians for enjoying all the gifts of nature. Also, don’t restrict yourself to food. WHAT SHOULD YOU PUT INTO THE EASTER BASKET Most hostesses try to put into the basket as much as different products. According to the orthodox tradition, there should be only those products that people didn’t eat during Lent. First of all symbol of life eggs– pysanky (painted eggs) or krashanka and paska from short-crust pastry. Also put into the basket cheesy baked pudding, sausage, and leaf lard. Paska is bread of everlasting life, the sign of God’s kingdom. It’s also a symbol of Chris, who voluntarily suffered for saving mankind. According to tradition, it’s necessary to prepare paska as many as each member’s family, but only one big, common one should be carried to church. Easter eggs. It’s a separate page culture of our people making pysanky and krashanky. The egg from of Easter meal became the creator of art. The contest of Krashanka goes back deep into centuries. When Maria Magdalena got to know about Chris‘s Resurrection, she hurried up to inform this news for imperator. The Saint, according to tradition, was given it by the imperator. He replied: «Sooner egg became red than dead is risen». Suddenly egg became red. Meat products such as ham, sausage, and leaf lard don't have any spiritual meaning. It’s symbol symbol-rich meal and joy for a person who has restricted themselves during the long Lent. Another product. Also put into the basket horse-radish and salt. Horseradish is a symbol of endurance and power. Salt is a sign of fullness on the table. It adds taste to food and is a symbol connection between God and his people. In addition to above-mentioned products, millet and poppy seeds might be in the Easter basket. WHICH PRODUCTS YOU SHOULDN’T CARRY TO THE CHURCH It shouldn’t carry for sanctifying fruits and vegetables. It’s a special time for it in church tradition. It shouldn’t put horilka (national alcohol drink ). It shouldn‘t carry a lot of paska and eggs. For religious considerations, sanctified products shouldn’t be thrown away. They should be eaten or shared with poor people. In most of the eparchies aren’t allowed to carry an Easter basket with meat products to the church. It isn't forbidden because sanctifying is made outside. HOW TO DECORATE AN EASTER BASKET In most regions of Ukraine, Easter baskets are decorated with greenery as symbol of immortality. Trusted candle in the paska is an obligatory attribute. It is switched on during liturgyЇ. It’s the purest victim for God. The wax from the Easter candle it was supposed to be medicinal against all illnesses. The basket is covered by an embroidered towel. Symbols of it are variety - this is God’s tablecloth, the cloth of Saint Maria, and a sign of hospitality. Any event in our ancestors’ lives didn’t complete without a towel. The food from the Easter basket, which is sanctified during liturgy, is eaten for soul’s salvation, for corporal and spiritual health, and for well-being in the house. It’s possible to feel the miraculous strength of the Easter meal when meal was sanctified by prayer.