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The Feast of Pascha in Orthodoxy is a triumphin honor of the Resurrection of Christ. The most important rule in preparing for Easter is to find peace in the heart, purification of the soul. This is promoted by Lent. Some people believe that fasting is a number of nutritional restrictions. This is only partly true. During Lent you can not eat animal food. Believers should eat fruits and vegetables. All soups should be cooked on vegetable broth. In some days fasting can not eat anything, while others can eat fish and seafood.

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Fasting is not only for the purification of the body, but also forpacification of the soul. When preparing for Easter, you can not swear with anyone. Old offenders are best to forgive, and if someone is offended by you - ask for forgiveness. If there is a possibility and desire, Communicate.

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A few days before Easter, think about whatshould be on the festive table. The day of fasting should not turn into a holiday of the stomach, since gluttony is a sin. It's better if you choose a tasty but simple meal.

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On the Easter table must becolored eggs. It is not allowed to have different stickers with images of icons, and also you can not put on the Easter eggs the symbol of the cross, images of temples. The Church considers this sacrilege. Eggs can be dyed or improvised means, for example, onion husk, or food coloring, sold in stores. Red Easter eggs are a symbol of the triumph of life and its victory over death. It is allowed to apply various ornaments, images of plants.

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Another attribute of Easter, which followstake care in advance, is cake. Bread, baked in a special way, is considered a symbol of God's presence in the life of each person. If you are baking the cake yourself, you can add nuts and raisins to it, pour sugar icing, sprinkle with powder. Purchased cakes, despite the inscriptions on the labels and the assurances of producers and sellers are not covered by anyone. From the point of view of the canonical church, the sprinkling of priests with Easter cakes holy water and the recitation of prayers are not considered sanctification.

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Have you bought a cake or baked yourself, but itsit is necessary to be consecrated in the church. Most often, Easter cakes, eggs and other traditional Easter food are consecrated after the end of the liturgy on Great Saturday, but it is better to learn about the time of consecration in a particular temple in advance. Representatives of the church argue that the "right" are only those dishes that are consecrated in the Paschal Service.

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The inhabitants of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and someother countries have a habit of traveling to the cemetery to relatives and friends on Easter day. The clergymen are categorically against this. To bring graves in order after winter follows to Easter, and in the most festive resurrection to rejoice and rejoice in the triumph of life.