Hello Georgios,

               Wonderful thread, thank you for sharing.....

            I hope you have a wonderful and blessed Easter.....

Happy Easter to all who marks this day! The spring has come!

Happy Sunday!

FROM PHILOXENIASPECIAL DEDICATION TO ALL CHRISTIANS BUT ALSO TO ALL THOSE OF US WHO RESPECT ALL OUR FRIENDS FOR THEIR OWN BELIEFS.

HAPPY EASTER
ΚΑΛΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ

2009 APRIL 12 CATHOLICISM

2009 APRIL 19 ORTHODOXY

For the Orthodoxy RESURRECTION and EASTER is the greatest moment and happening in our beliefs in difference to other Christians who have CHRISTMAS as Central Happening.

Your friend,

Georgios

Easter - the main holiday of Christians, as Orthodox and Catholics.

In Russian language day of week - Sunday - Воскресенье - literally - Revival - Воскресение , in honour of revival of the Christ 

For believers Easter - a holiday of revival of the Christ. But roots of this holiday are deep and connected with a pre-Christian cult of dying and reviving gods of the vegetation esteemed still in the Ancient East. In essence to the it is the ancient holiday of the spring clearing up nature rethought in the spirit of a Christian legend on the European soil. In the morning on Easter Sunday after divine service children and youth bypass houses with songs and the congratulations similar to Christmas ceremonies. Among easter entertainments games with painted eggs are most popular: them throw each other, roll on an inclined plane, break, scattering a shell etc. Painted eggs exchange native and familiar, God give to their children-godsons, girls - to beloved, in exchange for palm branches. Within all Easter week divine services in churches are visited, street representations on religious themes proceed.

For 2009  year-

Catholic Easter on April, 12th 

Orthodox Easter on April, 19th

Happy Easter!