{"id":2665,"date":"2012-04-12T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2014-07-17T18:05:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:05:01","slug":"even-more-about-russian-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/even-more-about-russian-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Even More About Russian Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As promised, here’s the rest of the story about Russian Easter<\/a>. The first week after Easter Sunday is known as \u041f\u0430\u0441\u0445\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044f<\/strong> (Easter Week). The biggest day of this week and the peak of the Easter celebration is \u041a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u0413\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0430<\/strong> (Low Sunday).<\/p>\n

And here we have the word \u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong> in its meaning of \u201cbeautiful\u201d instead of \u201cred\u201d. This is the same \u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong> as in \u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0446\u0430<\/strong> (a beautiful maiden) from a fairy tale or \u041a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u043f\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u0449\u0430\u0434\u044c<\/strong> (the Red Square) in Moscow or \u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u0443<\/span><\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u043b<\/strong> (a corner of the room where icons were kept). It is interesting that in Soviet times, the term and the idea was subverted and became \u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u0443\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u043a<\/strong> (lit: the little red corner, the propaganda room), with \u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong> meaning \u201cred\u201d, the color of the revolution. But I digress\u2026<\/p>\n

Traditionally, \u041a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0430<\/strong> celebrates the advent of spring. This was considered the most \u0431\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0433\u043e\u043f\u0440\u0438\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c<\/strong> (propitious day) for getting married. \u041a\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u043d\u0430 <\/strong>\u041a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0435 <\/strong>\u0436\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f, <\/strong>\u0442\u043e\u0442 <\/strong>\u0432\u043e\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u043a <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0451<\/span>\u0442\u0441\u044f.<\/strong> (Those getting married on the Low Sunday will stay married forever).<\/p>\n

The day got its other name, \u0410<\/span><\/strong>\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043f\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0445\u0430<\/strong> or \u0424\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u043d\u043e <\/strong>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u044c\u0435<\/strong> (St. Thomas Sunday) from \u0410\u043f\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b <\/strong>\u0424\u043e\u043c\u0430<\/span><\/strong> (Thomas the Apostle), the one who questioned Jesus\u2019 resurrection. So \u0424\u043e\u043c\u0430<\/span><\/strong> was \u0441\u043a\u0435<\/span>\u043f\u0442\u0438\u043a<\/strong> (a skeptic). Thanks to his \u0438\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 <\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u0435<\/strong> (original doubt), \u0424\u043e\u043c\u0430<\/span> <\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0443\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0439<\/strong> (Thomas the Doubter) has become \u0438<\/span><\/strong>\u043c\u044f <\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0446\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435<\/strong> (an appellative) for a person who is hard to persuade to believe something.<\/p>\n

\u0421\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0430, <\/strong>\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u0438\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e <\/strong>\u0434\u043b\u044f <\/strong>\u0442\u0435\u0431\u044f<\/span>, <\/strong>\u0444\u043e\u043c\u044b<\/span> <\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0443\u044e\u0449\u0435\u0433\u043e, <\/strong>\u044f <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043b <\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u044e <\/strong>\u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u0441\u0444\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 <\/strong>\u0438\u043d\u043e\u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442\u044f<\/span>\u043d <\/strong>\u0432\u043e <\/strong>\u0434\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0435<\/span><\/strong> (Alexandr, just for you, you Thomas the Doubter, I stayed awake all night and took pictures of space aliens landing in our yard).<\/p>\n

\u041d\u0435 \u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u0448\u044c \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e! \u0412\u043e\u0442 <\/strong>\u0435\u0449\u0451<\/span> <\/strong>\u0444\u043e\u043c\u0430<\/span> <\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0443\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0439!<\/strong> (You don\u2019t believe me and it\u2019s ok. Some kind of Thomas the Doubter you are!)<\/p>\n

St. Thomas Sunday starts a new week, \u0424\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0430 <\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044f<\/strong> (St. Thomas Week). On Tuesday of this week there is another important day to celebrate, \u0420\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0438<\/span>\u0446\u0430<\/strong> (Radonitsa). It is the day of remembering the dead. But the name of the holiday is related to the word \u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (joy), not \u043f\u0435\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c<\/strong> (mourning). That\u2019s because the living should rejoice knowing that their dear departed entered the eternal life.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why on this day it is common in some parts of Russia to visit loved ones\u2019 \u043c\u043e\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u044b<\/strong> (graves) and bring \u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0435\u043d\u044b\u0435 <\/strong>\u044f<\/span><\/strong>\u0439\u0446\u0430<\/strong> (dyed eggs) and \u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043a\u0430<\/strong> (vodka) there. The tradition requires to roll the eggs and pour vodka on the graves, then give eggs to beggars. This is followed by eating a holiday meal at the grave site and drinking vodka \u0437\u0430 <\/strong>\u0443\u043f\u043e\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0439<\/strong> (for the peace) of the loved one\u2019s soul. In other parts of Russia, however, \u0420\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0438<\/span>\u0446\u0430<\/strong> is celebrated at home instead.<\/p>\n

The \u0420\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0438<\/span>\u0446\u0430<\/strong> tradition of visiting \u043c\u043e\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u044b <\/strong>\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b<\/span>\u0445<\/strong> (graves of family members) took on an interesting twist in the Soviet times. Even as late as the 80s celebrating Easter openly and at a church was a big no-no. So instead many people would go to a cemetery, \u043d\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u043c\u043e\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u0438<\/strong> (to visit the graves) of their parents or grandparents on the Easter Day and there they\u2019d celebrate Easter. Since officially we didn\u2019t have \u043d\u0438<\/span>\u0449\u0438\u0435<\/strong>\u00a0(beggars) in the Soviet Union either, the eggs were not given away, but instead left on the graves and, undoubtedly, picked up quietly by the supposedly non-existing beggars.<\/p>\n

So I hope that you\u2019ve learned quite a lot about Russian Easter. Are you ready to try making \u043a\u0443\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0447<\/strong> or \u043f\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0445\u0430<\/strong>? If yes, let me know how they turn out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

As promised, here’s the rest of the story about Russian Easter. The first week after Easter Sunday is known as \u041f\u0430\u0441\u0445\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044f (Easter Week). The biggest day of this week and the peak of the Easter celebration is \u041a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0413\u043e\u0440\u043a\u0430 (Low Sunday). And here we have the word \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043d\u044b\u0439 in its meaning of \u201cbeautiful\u201d instead…<\/p>\n

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