In the Orthodox calendar, all the holidays associated with Easter and, of course, Pascha itself – the so-called “passing.” This means that they do not have fixed dates every year can fall on different days and even months. So, Easter in 2019 will be celebrated on April 28.
Lent begins 7 weeks before Easter. It turns out that a Great post in 2019 will start on Monday, March 11, and will end on Saturday, April 27, on the eve of Easter.
And before that, from 4 to 10 March we are waiting for Maslenitsa week. Contrary to the secular understanding of carnival, noisy celebrations these days are not supposed to. Bake pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, of course, possible, but superstition (the burning of an effigy of winter) – not for Orthodox believers.
The purpose of lent
Lent is intended primarily to improve the moral nature of man. The positions Christians the marriage is not concluded and the wedding play. Marriages in any post (not just Great) the Church is not crowned.
How to eat in the post
Fasting involves complete abstinence from meat, meat products, eggs, milk, and dairy products. Many days of Great lent are a limit to the fish, vegetable oil, and cooked food. In those days, only allowed sirajganj.
- In the first and last weeks of Great Lent, according to Church regulations, comply with the most stringent food rules. There are also days when fasting does not eat anything.
- On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, valid xerophagy, which includes bread, raw and pickled vegetables, greens, fruits, dried fruits, nuts, honey, and drinking is allowed decoctions or infusions of herbs, fruits, and berries, kvass.
- On Tuesdays and Thursdays, i.e., food that was cooked, cooked, baked, and without oil can be eaten hot.
- On Saturdays and Sundays and public holidays allowed food with oil and wine.
Earlier, we talked about what a holiday weekend waiting for the Ukrainians in 2019