What is the main holiday in the Orthodox Church?
What is the main holiday in the Orthodox Church?
In Orthodoxy there are many holidays. Some have already entered our life so tightly that it is difficult to meet a person who, for example, does not paint eggs for Easter or go for water to Baptism. However, in the Eastern Christian tradition there is a memory of the event, which is the most solemn holiday of the Church.
Feast of the Passover - the triumph of the Christian faith
If you open an Orthodox church calendar, thenyou can see a lot of selected days and red numbers. Such typographic symbols are applied to the designation of Christian holidays. Some are highlighted in black bold, others are written in large, purple letters. This is not accidental, because in the Church there are several types of holidays.
In the Christian tradition, it is customary to allocate 12the main events relating to the earthly life of the Lord or the Virgin. For example, the Day of the Holy Trinity, the Nativity of Christ, Baptism, Ascension, the Assumption of the Mother of God and several others. These days are called the twelve holidays. Still there are great holidays, such as the Protection of the Virgin, the memory of the apostles Peter and Paul and several others. But one historical event is remembered in Orthodoxy with a special solemnity and greatness of worship - the Passover of Christ.
Bright Christ Resurrection is the main celebrationOrthodox faith. It carries the faith of man in the victory of the Lord over the devil, death, giving people the opportunity to be in paradise again. The Orthodox know that the resurrection of Christ is not just a mythological event, but a real fact of human history. It is no coincidence that scientists came to the conviction that Jesus entered the human history and became a real person.
The Resurrection of the Lord shows man the eternity of life and the triumph over death. According to the Christian teaching, everyone will rise, like Christ on the day of the second coming of the God-man.
The worship service on this day in the temples is differentspecial splendor and solemnity. The main Orthodox holiday is accompanied by majestic hymns, proclaiming great joy to mankind. On this day, cakes and eggs are consecrated, which are brought to the temples by millions of people. In the days of Paschal joy the greetings "Christ is Risen" are heard everywhere. All this symbolizes the great contribution of the Easter holiday to the culture of the Russian people.
