Easter is an eagerly awaited holiday for Orthodox Ukrainians. Preparation for it takes weeks and includes several important stages. Find out when and how Easter is celebrated in Ukraine, and how to prepare for it. When do Ukrainians celebrate Easter? The Feast of Resurrection of Christ refers to transitional religious holidays. This means that the celebration date is not fixed; it changes from year to year. This is because of church canons: the Orthodox Church uses the solar and lunar calendars to calculate the date of Easter, and also considers...
Ukrainian Easter traditions and customs
For Ukrainians, Easter is a great national and family holiday. It means meeting with relatives and friends at the family table and enjoying paska (babka) and krashanky. During pre-holiday preparations, you have time to do a lot of important things for which there was no time before. So, on Easter Eve, Ukrainians make large-scale preparations involving both physical labor and mental work. There are many omens and warnings the ancestors of modern Ukrainians believed and which are still relevant today. Diligently preparing for the Easter celebration means all your true...