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EASTER
I. Easter is the feast of Christ Resurrection.
It is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar on the first Sunday after the first spring full Moon. The Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches use the Julian calendar, so Easter in Ukraine does not coincide with Easter in Roman Catholic and Protestant countries. It is on a Sunday between the 4th of April and the 8th of May.
II. In Ukraine Easter has been celebrated over a long period of history and has had many rich traditions.
The week before Easter, the Great Week also known as the White or Pure Week During this time an effort is made to finish all field work before Thursday. On the evening of Pure Thursday the Passion service is performed, after which people return home with lighted candles. The last Sunday before Easter is called Willow Sunday. On this day willow branches are blessed in the church. The people tap one another with these branches repeating the blessing: «Be as tall as the willow, as healthy as the water and as rich as the earth. I am not tapping, the willow is tapping. Easter is in a week!"
It should be said that snowball-trees as well as willows are dear to our people. There are many poems and songs about these trees in Ukraine.
III. Easter begins with the matins and high mass, during which the pasky (traditional Easter breads), pysanky and krashanky (decorated or coloured Easter eggs) are blessed in the church. Butter, leaf lard, cheese, roast suckling pigs, sausage, smoked meat, horseradish and other provisions are also blessed. After the matins the people exchange Easter greetings, give each other krashanky and then hurry home with their baskets of blessed food. Easter is a feast of joy and gladness. For three days people celebrate it. They often sing spring songs.
Easter is an important national holiday in Ukraine.
Ex.1. Find the answers to the questions on the text «Easter».
1. What kind of feast is Easter?
2. When is Easter celebrated in Ukraine?
3. How is the week before Easter called?
4. How is the last Sunday before Easter called?
5. What do the people do with branches of willow on Willow Sunday?
6. What is blessed in the church on Easter?
7. How long do people celebrate Easter?
8. Is Easter a national holiday in Ukraine?
EASTER
I. Easter is the feast of Christ Resurrection.
It is celebrated according to the Lunar calendar on the first Sunday after the first spring full Moon. The Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches use the Julian calendar, so Easter in Ukraine does not coincide with Easter in Roman Catholic and Protestant countries. It is on a Sunday between the 4th of April and the 8th of May.
II. In Ukraine Easter has been celebrated over a long period of history and has had many rich traditions.
The week before Easter, the Great Week also known as the White or Pure Week During this time an effort is made to finish all field work before Thursday. On the evening of Pure Thursday the Passion service is performed, after which people return home with lighted candles. The last Sunday before Easter is called Willow Sunday. On this day willow branches are blessed in the church. The people tap one another with these branches repeating the blessing: «Be as tall as the willow, as healthy as the water and as rich as the earth. I am not tapping, the willow is tapping. Easter is in a week!"
It should be said that snowball-trees as well as willows are dear to our people. There are many poems and songs about these trees in Ukraine.
III. Easter begins with the matins and high mass, during which the pasky (traditional Easter breads), pysanky and krashanky (decorated or coloured Easter eggs) are blessed in the church. Butter, leaf lard, cheese, roast suckling pigs, sausage, smoked meat, horseradish and other provisions are also blessed. After the matins the people exchange Easter greetings, give each other krashanky and then hurry home with their baskets of blessed food. Easter is a feast of joy and gladness. For three days people celebrate it. They often sing spring songs.
Easter is an important national holiday in Ukraine.
Ex.1. Find the answers to the questions on the text «Easter».
1. What kind of feast is Easter?
2. When is Easter celebrated in Ukraine?
3. How is the week before Easter called?
4. How is the last Sunday before Easter called?
5. What do the people do with branches of willow on Willow Sunday?
6. What is blessed in the church on Easter?
7. How long do people celebrate Easter?
8. Is Easter a national holiday in Ukraine?
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Ответ:
1Easter is the feast of Christ Resurrection.
2In Ukraine Easter has been celebrated over a long period of history and has had many rich traditions.
3The week before Easter is called the Great Week also known as the White or Pure Week.
4The last Sunday before Easter is called Willow Sunday
5The people tap one another with these branches repeating the blessing: «Be as tall as the willow, as healthy as the water and as rich as the earth. I am not tapping, the willow is tapping. Easter is in a week!".
6The pasky (traditional Easter breads), pysanky and krashanky (decorated or coloured Easter eggs) are blessed in the church. Butter, leaf lard, cheese, roast suckling pigs, sausage, smoked meat, horseradish and other provisions are also blessed.
7For three days people celebrate it.
8Easter is an important national holiday in Ukraine