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Traditional Easter in Romania
Easter is celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm
    throughout the world. On the occasion of Easter, the
 Christian community presents in every nook and corner of
the world celebrates this day as the day of the resurrection
of Jesus Christ after crucifixion. The celebration of Easter is
marked by morning services at the church and feasting and
                    party in the evening.
In almost all the countries around the world, the festivities of
Easter are more or less the same. However, certain specific
    traditions of the place make the Easter at a particular
        country stand a little different from the other.
Easter in Romania is celebrated according to the rituals of
  the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Easter entire season
consists of Flowers Saturday (Lazarus’ Saturday), Palm Day
 (Flowers Day), Great Thursday, Great Friday, Easter, The
  Small Fountain and Good People’s Easter. Each of these
has small interesting rituals. The Easter celebration goes on
for a long week and finally wraps with Good People’s Easter
          celebrated in honor of the ancient spirits.

 The Friday before the Easter is called the Great Friday or
  the Friday of sufferings, as it is the day when Jesus was
crucified. On Saturday, people go to church for the midnight
 mass, taking with them a bowl of Pasca, eggs and steak,
    where these aliments are blessed by the clergy. On
returning home from the mass, people first eat some of the
          sanctified aliments and only then the rest.
Starting with Holy Thursday, people begin painting eggs in a
 multitude of colors. The predominant color is red, but other
colors are also applied - yellow, green, blue and even black.
 Decorated eggs or 'oua incondeiate' are an integral part of
  Easter celebration in Romania. The eggs are decorated
using a type of thin and round sticks called chisita, made of
                        beech wood.
The special Easter cake, known as Pasca, is baked on
  Great Thursday. The Pasca can have a round shape
(reminding little Jesus' diapers) or a rectangular one (the
 shape of his grave). The shells of the eggs used for the
 Pasca are thrown in a river. This action stems from the
ancient belief that the shells are taken by the river to the
country of the Good People, announcing them the Easter
                         has came.
At midnight, everybody goes to church to attend the
Ressurection service (Invierea Domnului).
The priest lights his candle first, after which all the people
light their own candles from the first one with the "light of
Jesus's life". They take these candles at home and give the
"light" to the members of the family that did not attend the
service.
Everybody has dinner after the midnight service, with the lit
candles on the table. The candles are kept for the entire
year, as they are supposed to protect the house and
people's health. The tradition of knocking the eggs must be
respected: two people hold eggs in their hands and they
break the other person's egg saying "Jesus is Alive" (Hristos
a Inviat). The person that has their egg broken is considered
weaker and must give their egg to the "winner."
On Monday and Tuesday people visit their relatives and
bring lamb, Easter cake and painted eggs for lunch or dinner
to celebrate the Resurrection. For the next 40 days, people
greet each other with "Christ is Alive" instead of the common
greetings.
Easter is a celebration for the soul, it is a period of spiritual
insight and improving oneself. It teaches us to be good, kind
and to respect everyone and everything that surrounds us.
The sacrifice of Jesus Christs is the symbol of pure love and
hope.
In some regions (Bucovina, Transylvania), there is a tradition
called "the wetting". On Monday morning, the boys take a
bucket of water and go to the houses of the unmarried girls.
If they found them sleeping, the boys throw water on them.
As it is believed that those girls will marry soon, they reward
the boys who had wetted them by giving them the most
beautiful decorated eggs and Pasca or cake.
05/04/2012

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Traditional EASTER in ROMANIA - Emanuela Atanasiu p

  • 2. Easter is celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm throughout the world. On the occasion of Easter, the Christian community presents in every nook and corner of the world celebrates this day as the day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ after crucifixion. The celebration of Easter is marked by morning services at the church and feasting and party in the evening. In almost all the countries around the world, the festivities of Easter are more or less the same. However, certain specific traditions of the place make the Easter at a particular country stand a little different from the other.
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  • 4. Easter in Romania is celebrated according to the rituals of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The Easter entire season consists of Flowers Saturday (Lazarus’ Saturday), Palm Day (Flowers Day), Great Thursday, Great Friday, Easter, The Small Fountain and Good People’s Easter. Each of these has small interesting rituals. The Easter celebration goes on for a long week and finally wraps with Good People’s Easter celebrated in honor of the ancient spirits. The Friday before the Easter is called the Great Friday or the Friday of sufferings, as it is the day when Jesus was crucified. On Saturday, people go to church for the midnight mass, taking with them a bowl of Pasca, eggs and steak, where these aliments are blessed by the clergy. On returning home from the mass, people first eat some of the sanctified aliments and only then the rest.
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  • 8. Starting with Holy Thursday, people begin painting eggs in a multitude of colors. The predominant color is red, but other colors are also applied - yellow, green, blue and even black. Decorated eggs or 'oua incondeiate' are an integral part of Easter celebration in Romania. The eggs are decorated using a type of thin and round sticks called chisita, made of beech wood.
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  • 14. The special Easter cake, known as Pasca, is baked on Great Thursday. The Pasca can have a round shape (reminding little Jesus' diapers) or a rectangular one (the shape of his grave). The shells of the eggs used for the Pasca are thrown in a river. This action stems from the ancient belief that the shells are taken by the river to the country of the Good People, announcing them the Easter has came.
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  • 17. At midnight, everybody goes to church to attend the Ressurection service (Invierea Domnului). The priest lights his candle first, after which all the people light their own candles from the first one with the "light of Jesus's life". They take these candles at home and give the "light" to the members of the family that did not attend the service.
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  • 32. On Monday and Tuesday people visit their relatives and bring lamb, Easter cake and painted eggs for lunch or dinner to celebrate the Resurrection. For the next 40 days, people greet each other with "Christ is Alive" instead of the common greetings. Easter is a celebration for the soul, it is a period of spiritual insight and improving oneself. It teaches us to be good, kind and to respect everyone and everything that surrounds us. The sacrifice of Jesus Christs is the symbol of pure love and hope.
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  • 39. In some regions (Bucovina, Transylvania), there is a tradition called "the wetting". On Monday morning, the boys take a bucket of water and go to the houses of the unmarried girls. If they found them sleeping, the boys throw water on them. As it is believed that those girls will marry soon, they reward the boys who had wetted them by giving them the most beautiful decorated eggs and Pasca or cake.
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