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Easter is one of the most important holidays of the year. Easter is the day when  Jesus Christ resurrected . Usually this holiday is celebrated on one of Sundays in spring.  Easter eggs  and  Easter cakes  (or  paskhas ) are the traditional symbols of the religious holiday. Paskha is a traditional dessert served in Russia as well as other Eastern European countries. The name of the dish comes from “Pascha“, the eastern orthodox celebration of Easter.

• The priest in the church consecrates all the food: many people believe that Easter eggs possesses magic power and can protect from evil, thunder or fire and have  healing powers .
• In the morning after the end of the ceremony, everyone greet each other with the words “Khrystos voskres!” (Christ is risen!). The proper response is “Voyistino voskres,” (Indeed he is risen). Once the ceremony is over, every family goes home for breakfast, to  partake  of the  blessed food .

• On that day the religious people go to church and listen to the  ceremony . Usually they bring with them Easter eggs, salt, Easter cakes, butter, cheese and ham. Some people prefer to bake Easter cakes themselves and others buy paskhas at bakery.
• Easter Sunday is a day of singing and eating. Many people visit their friends and relatives and exchange Easter eggs. This tradition is connected with much older  pre-Christian rite . On that day, people celebrated the return of springtime and the sun.