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In 2018, all residents of the Russian Federation will celebrate the biggest Christian holiday - Easter - on April 28. On this day, people attend church and bless Easter cakes. After this, they spend time with loved ones and family. There are many prohibitions, traditions and signs on this holiday.

For Orthodox Christians, the Holy Resurrection of Christ in 2019 falls on April 28. It is believed that this is an early Easter. The easiest way to determine the date of the holiday is to use the Alexandrian Easter, a special calendar where it is marked many years in advance.

But you can calculate the timing of Easter 2019 yourself if you know that the celebration occurs after the spring equinox on March 21, as well as after the first full moon following it. Well, and, of course, the holiday necessarily falls on Sunday.

Orthodox believers begin preparing for Easter seven weeks before the Holy Resurrection of Christ, entering Lent. The Resurrection of Christ itself in Rus' was always celebrated in the church. The service begins before midnight. At approximately midnight, Easter Matins begins.

Traditions for Easter in Russia

Over the 11 centuries of its existence, Russian Easter has acquired its originality and flavor. After all, it is the festive Easter table that significantly distinguishes it from other Orthodox holidays.

The holiday is characterized by special symbols - Easter cake and egg. All over Russia, starting from Maundy Thursday, bake Easter cakes, prepare cottage cheese Easter eggs, paint eggs in various ways.

According to ancient custom, they tried to prepare a rich side menu, but even in poor families, Easter dishes always included freshly baked Easter cake and painted eggs according to a special recipe.

It takes a lot of free time to prepare them each time. The dough for Easter cakes or Easter was kneaded for a long time, armed with patience. We used the best of best products nutrition.

Next, the eggs were decorated and painted. Artistically decorated eggs have always been an impressive source of pride for the family. Other dishes that were prepared for the Easter table were also unique. Most of them were largely unprepared throughout the calendar year.

They mainly preferred meat dishes and baked goods: Easter cakes, Easter cakes, rolls, roasting young pigs, hams, fried veal.

Easter has always been a particularly solemn and family holiday; it was celebrated mainly among relatives.

It was also necessary to visit distant family members. Absolutely all lamps and light sources were lit in homes, and in God's temples During the entire liturgy, absolutely all the lamps and candles were burning.

When going on a visit, take with you mandatory They took colored eggs. They greeted each other with the phrases “Christ is risen” - “Truly is risen”, kissed three times and exchanged krashankas. The presented custom is rightfully considered characteristic feature only Slavic peoples; in the rest of the world this tradition is absent.

Bans on Easter in Russia

On the Bright Resurrection of Christ, the most important thing to remember is that this is a time to rejoice, remembering the Resurrection of Christ. All other restrictions and prohibitions follow from this.

The celebration lasts the whole week (Bright Week), so the prohibitions apply for the entire period of the celebration.

1. You can’t quarrel with someone or be offended by someone. If you still have old grievances, try to let them go and forgive.

2. On this day you cannot be greedy and stingy. Since ancient times, on Easter it has been customary to share food with the poor and needy.

And this applies not only to money or food - give your smile to everyone around you, give forgiveness to everyone who asks you for it. In short, try to give everything you can.

3. You can’t swear, be sad or give in to despondency. All seven days you need to be as kind as possible so as not to darken the bright holiday for others.

4. You cannot get drunk and indulge in excesses. Everything should be in moderation - food, alcohol. The priests say that it is better to drink only wine during this period of alcohol, leaving vodka for other periods.

5. You cannot work at the expense of the holiday. However, if you work time according to the schedule, then there is nothing to worry about. But if there is no great need, it is better to devote this time to communicating with friends and family.

The church does not prohibit working on this day, but clergy recommend postponing household chores until another day.

6. Cleaning is not permitted. But there are also nuances: you should not clean in the full sense of the word, devoting half a day to washing the floors and wiping off dust. Of course, this does not apply to small everyday issues. Although, if this does not prevent you from being in a festive mood, everything is fine. In any case, this is rather not a prohibition, but rather moral advice.

7. You cannot go to the cemetery. The church prohibits holding funeral services and mourning the dead this week. Since grief contradicts the spirit of the holiday - joy on the occasion of the Resurrection of Christ from the dead.

8. You also cannot have an intimate life. Sexual activity is prohibited for the entire week. Refuse intimate life two spouses owe. This happens by mutual consent.

9. You cannot throw away leftover Easter food. As a rule, after a festive feast there are leftovers of food - Easter cakes, Easter eggs, eggs. Don't even throw it in the trash eggshells. It is customary to give all leftover food to birds or animals.

Signs for Easter in Russia

The weather signs for Easter were of great importance for our ancestors, because it was from them that one could find out how fruitful and successful the whole next year would be. If a thunderstorm breaks out on this day, it means that autumn will come late and will be dry. Rain without a thunderstorm foreshadows a rainy spring. If it's cloudy, it means the summer will be cold and cloudy.

Frost on Easter predicts a good harvest. Cold, but not sub-zero weather means a dry summer. All the snow melts completely by the harvest year.

If the weather is clear on Tuesday after Easter, it will rain all summer. And if it’s warm and clear on Sunday, it means the summer will be sunny and fruitful. A starry, clear night on Easter promises frosts and cold snaps.

In general, now not everyone knows that during the holy holiday you can improve your life, gain material well-being and get rid of diseases. If you are going to celebrate Easter the way our great-grandmothers did.

03/04/2017 22:26:57 Mikhail

It's still unclear. Jesus Christ was executed on a certain specific day, on the third day He was resurrected also on a certain specific day. And this day is celebrated on different days. And what do calendars have to do with it?

07.03.2017 8:15:43 Priest Vasily Kutsenko

The fact is that in the early Christian era there were two different traditions Easter celebrations. The first tradition is Asia Minor. According to this tradition, Passover was celebrated on the 14th of Abiv (Nisan) (as well as the Jewish Passover). The second tradition is Roman. Roman Christians celebrated Easter on the first Sunday after the 14th of Abib (Nisan). If the Christians who followed the first tradition were mostly from Judaism, then the Christians of Rome were converted from paganism and the connection with Jewish traditions was not so important for them. The question arises - which of these traditions is more correct? The answer is both equally. Because both of them were sanctified by apostolic authority and were of the earliest origin.

Subsequently, a dispute arose between the Christian communities of Rome and Asia Minor about the date of Easter, but no consensus was reached. Then this issue was raised at the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325. The fathers of the council decided to celebrate Easter on the same day for all Christians according to the Roman (and Alexandrian) tradition.

03/08/2017 10:40:20 Mikhail

In the “Lives of the Saints” on February 23 (March 8 n.s.) there is this: “.. Regarding the difference between Asia Minor and Western churches in understanding and celebrating Easter, the bishops of Smyrna and Rome did not agree to deviate each from their local custom, i.e. St. Polycarp recognized the correct celebration of Easter by Eastern Christians on the 14th day of the Jewish month of Nisan and its dedication to the memory of the last supper of the Lord with the disciples and the sacrament of the Eucharist established at it, and Anicetas recognized, on the contrary, the correct understanding of Easter, established in the West, as the annual holiday of the Resurrection of Christ and its celebration on the first Sunday after the spring full moon." Why didn’t they listen to the direct disciple of the apostles, but followed someone’s lead?

09.03.2017 23:10:57 Priest Vasily Kutsenko

I will just once again briefly note the main aspects of the problem:

1. In the Gospel there is no exact date of the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, there is only a reference to the Jewish Passover: In two days there [should] be the [feast of] Passover and unleavened bread. And the chief priests and scribes sought how to take Him by cunning and kill Him.(Mark 14:1); On the first day of unleavened bread, when they slaughtered the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do you want to eat the Passover?” we'll go and cook(Mark 14, 12); and when evening had already come, because it was Friday, that is, [the day] before Saturday, Joseph from Arimathea, a famous member of the council, came(Mark 15, 42-43); After the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary of James and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Him. And very early, on the first [day] of the week, they come to the tomb, at sunrise(Mark 16:1-2).

2. The date of the Jewish Passover - 14 Nisan (Aviv) was calculated using the lunar calendar. But the question arises - 1) how accurate was this calendar? and 2) can we say with complete confidence that the 14th of Nisan (Aviv), celebrated by Asian Christians in the 2nd century. (it was at this time that a dispute arose about the date of the holiday) fell during the same period of the year as during the earthly life of Christ (here it must be taken into account that Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed, and the tradition of calculating the date of Easter could have been lost)?

3. Both Rome and the Asian churches insisted on the apostolic origin of their tradition (one should not forget that Rome is the city of the apostles Peter and Paul).

4. The difference in tradition testified to the different understanding and emphasis of various aspects of the celebration of Easter in different Christian communities. But I repeat once again that both of these traditions were correct. But historically it was the Roman and Alexandrian ones that became generally accepted. According to these traditions, Christian Easter should always be celebrated on Sunday.

03/10/2017 17:28:00 Mikhail

1. "In the Gospel there is no exact date of the death of the Lord Jesus Christ." I dare to note that in the Gospel there is no exact date for both Christmas and the Transfiguration. Let me remind you once again: “St. Polycarp recognized that it was correct for Eastern Christians to celebrate Easter on the 14th day of the Jewish month of Nisan and to devote it to the memory of the last supper of the Lord with the disciples and the sacrament of the Eucharist established on it.”

2. "The inhabitants of the planet have been accustomed to believe since childhood that the Savior died on Friday and was resurrected, respectively, on Sunday. However, only two Romanian astronomers thought about the fact that the exact date of Jesus’ death is still not known. They took a closer look at these issues.

For a long time, scientists at the National Observatory of Romania, Liviu Mircea and Tiberiu Oproiu, studied the Bible. It was she who was the source of the main premises. The New Testament states that Jesus died on the day after the first night of the full moon, after the vernal equinox. The Bible also tells us that a solar eclipse occurred during the crucifixion of Christ.

Based on this information, the help of calculated astrological programs was used. The movement of the planets between 26 and 35 AD shows that during these years the full moon occurred on the day after the spring equinox only twice. The first time was on Friday 7 April in 30 AD, and the second time was on 3 April 33 AD. It is easy to choose between these two dates, since the solar eclipse occurred in 33.

The resulting result can well be called a sensational discovery. If you believe the New Testament and the calculations of astronomers, then Jesus Christ died on Friday, April 3, at approximately three o'clock in the afternoon, and rose again on April 5, at four o'clock in the afternoon."

3. Rome, of course, is the city of the apostles Peter and Paul. But this did not prevent him from becoming what he is now.

4.How can two such different traditions be correct? And yet it is not clear why Christmas, Transfiguration, Baptism are certain constant days, as it should be logically. And the Crucifixion and Resurrection are transitory, although these were also definite and specific days?

10.03.2017 18:54:38 Priest Vasily Kutsenko

Mikhail, once again I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the work of V.V. Bolotova. He explains in great detail why exactly the difference arose in the traditions of Roman and Asian Christians, and what meaning both church communities put into the Easter holiday.

I will answer in more detail only your question about how two different traditions can be simultaneously correct: it should be taken into account that in the early Christian period such diversity could well have existed, now it may seem strange to us, but in those centuries it was the norm. For example, now the Orthodox Church celebrates only three liturgies - St. Basil the Great, St. John Chrysostom and the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Now this is the norm. But in ancient times, the church community celebrated its Eucharistic celebration. And this was also the norm.

Regarding the movable and non-movable holidays, the dates of the holidays arose far from the apostolic period, and throughout history we can observe how the dates of certain holidays could vary, both in the East and in the West. For example, for quite a long time Christmas and Epiphany were one holiday, the continuation of which was Candlemas. Some Christian communities celebrated the Annunciation on the eve of the Nativity of Christ. The history of the Feast of the Transfiguration is also quite complex and interesting.

Ancient Christians emphasized the symbolic side of the event rather than insisting on historical accuracy. After all, even the tradition of Asian Christians to celebrate Easter on the 14th of Nisan (Aviv) is not historically accurate. Nisan 14 is the first day of the Jewish Passover, and judging by the Gospels, Christ did not die and resurrect on the Passover day itself. But the ancient Christians saw important symbolism here - the Old Testament Easter is replaced by the New Testament, God, who freed Israel from slavery, now frees the entire human race. I repeat once again that all this is described in great detail by V.V. Bolotova.

03/11/2017 13:05:05 Mikhail

Yes, I understand why there was a difference in traditions, in calendars, in full moons and equinoxes. It is not clear to me why people began to become attached to these full moons and equinoxes, when an event occurred that could not be ignored: a three-hour eclipse of the sun? Dionysius the Areopagite noticed and it is known when he noticed and when he lived. It was a specific day. And three o'clock solar eclipse never happened again. And it couldn’t be all over the world. Why wasn’t this day taken as a basis? That's what I don't understand.

04/07/2019 17:12:47 Site editor

Who told you, Konstantin, that you can tell fortunes on the Annunciation? And heresy, by the way, is a distortion of Christian teaching - that is, something that arises in the mainstream of theology. And fortune telling is simply demonic, incompatible with church Christian life, either on the Annunciation or on any other day.

04/07/2019 21:17:21 Leo

Yes, Konstantin, this is a gross superstition! Sin remains sin even on especially revered days. This superstition was invented in order to desecrate the holiday with fortune telling and other unholy things. Sin is always sin and virtue is always virtue. It’s impossible to say that today is the Annunciation and I won’t wash the floor, they say, it’s impossible, but on the other hand, I will spend this day not in prayer, but in idleness, or worse, in drunkenness. These prohibitions on household chores are conditional; they were established by the Church so that hard-working peasants would be freed from their work in order to be able to participate in long holiday services, and this is for the salvation of the soul!

This year, astronomical Easter falls on April 16, and everything would seem to be true except for the ecumenical aspect - Catholics this year also celebrate April 16, and the Jews are in full swing with Passover. (see calendar) therefore, from the point of view of piety, zeal for the faith and Easter Chastity, Orthodox Easter should be moved to April 23.

Canons Orthodox Church:

All those who dare to violate the definition of the holy and great council in Nicaea, which took place in the presence of the most pious and most God-loving Tsar Constantine, on the holy feast of the saving Easter, let them be excommunicated and rejected from the church, if they continue to curiously rebel against the good establishment. And this is said about the laity. If any of the heads of the church, a bishop or a presbyter, or a deacon, after this definition, dares to corrupt people, and to indignate the churches, to stand apart and celebrate Easter with the Jews: the Holy Council from now on condemns such a person to be alien to the church, as if he had become not only the guilt of sin for himself, but also the guilt of disorder and corruption of many. And not only do the council exclude such people from the priesthood, but also all those who dare to be in communion with them, after their expulsion from the priesthood. Those expelled are also deprived of external honor, which they were partakers of according to the holy rule and God's priesthood.
(Ap. 7, 64, 70, 71; II ecum. 7; trul. 11; Laod. 7, 37, 38; Carth. 34, 51, 73, 106).

In the West, and especially in the Roman Church, at one time the custom was established to celebrate this holiday on the first Sunday (die Dominico, χυριαχή ήμερα) after the fourteenth day of the same first month. (Editor's note: As we see, most local churches gathered to celebrate Easter on April 16, reviving the Roman custom that was abolished by the First Ecumenical Council)

The Asia Minor Christians, referring to the Apostle John, Philip and some of the Apostolic disciples, believed that, following the example of Christ, when He celebrated Easter with His disciples, they should also observe the remembrance of His death on the same day (πάσχα σταυρώσιμον), and in the same way in the same way as Christ did. (Editor’s note: This line is addressed to those who are keen on historical realism) For this purpose, they organized a special supper, which they connected with the Lord’s Supper, and did this at the time when the Jews celebrated their Passover, i.e. on the 14th day of the first month, and the fast was interrupted at this time Holy Week. (editor's note: this practice was condemned as heresy)

Based on the 7th Apostolic Canon, it was decided that Christian Easter should not be celebrated on the day when the Jews celebrate their Easter. Further, on the basis of the New Testament teaching on the seventh day, it was decided that Christian Easter should always be celebrated on Sunday. Finally, it was decided that the first full moon after the vernal equinox should always serve to indicate the time of year in which Christian Easter should be celebrated. Based on all this, the following decision was announced: 1) Christian Easter should be celebrated by everyone on a Sunday, 2) this resurrection should occur after the first full moon occurring after the spring equinox. 3) If it happens that the Jewish Easter falls on the same Sunday, then the Christian Easter should be celebrated on the following Sunday.

Matthew Vlastar

“Concerning our Easter, it is necessary to pay attention to four decrees, of which two are contained in the Apostolic Rule, and two originate from unwritten tradition. First, we must celebrate Easter after the vernal equinox (μετά ισημερίαν έαρινήν), second, we should not celebrate it together with the Jews on the same day; The third is not just after the equinox, but after the first full moon that has to be after the equinox (μετά την πρώτην μετ᾿ ισημερίαν πανσέληνον), and the fourth - after the full moon is not more than on the first day of the week. ” This decision of the Council of Nicea became binding for the entire church, and our Orthodox Church is now guided by it.

The Divine Law (νόμος θείος) commands to completely leave this month and move to the full moon of another month, aligning with it the day of Christian Easter, so as not to celebrate at the same time as the Jews, but to cleanse and free our Easter from Jewish celebrations - this has happened and is happening now, so that there was a long period of time between our Passover and the Jewish Passover.

If anyone, a bishop, or a presbyter, or a deacon, celebrates the holy day of Easter before the vernal equinox with the Jews, let him be expelled from the sacred rank.
(Ap. 64, 70, 71; Trul. 11; Antioch. 1; Laod. 37, 38; Carth. 51, 73, 106).

Holy Confessor Nikodim Milash:

To indicate the difference between the Old Testament and New Testament Easter, which have nothing in common with each other, and to eliminate any commonality in sacred rites between Christians and Jews, moreover, to condemn the custom that penetrated from the Ebionites and to some Orthodox priests, the rule orders everyone to observe the spring equinox and only after it to celebrate the remembrance of Christ’s Resurrection, and not at all together with the Jews.

If anyone, a bishop, or a presbyter, or a deacon, or in general from the list of clergy, fasts with the Jews, or celebrates with them, or accepts from them the gifts of their holidays, such as unleavened bread, or something similar; let him be cast out. If he is a layman: let him be excommunicated.
(Ap. 7, 64, 71; Trul. 11; Antioch. 1; Laod. 29, 37, 38; Carth. 51, 73, 106).

Holy Confessor Nikodim Milash:

Religious communication between Christians and Jews was already prohibited by the 7th and 64th Apostles. rules. This rule confirms this prohibition with the threat of expulsion from the priesthood of clergy and clergy, and excommunication from holy communion of the laity who dared to observe Jewish fasts, celebrate their holidays or accept festive Jewish gifts. The Apostles strictly forbade this, as well as any religious communication with Jews in general, in their epistles, and the Apostolic Canons only express this prohibition in the form of a law.

(Editor’s note: As you can see, this rule does not speak about Easter alone, but about the fact that it is unacceptable to celebrate with the Jews and accept gifts from them)

This rule condemns mainly religious indifference, which was observed not only among some faithful, but also among clergy. Without completely deviating from their beliefs, they showed some kind of unjustified tolerance in relation to Jewish religious institutions, and at the same time indifference in relation to their religious precepts, and because of this, they fasted with the Jews, celebrated their holidays and, according to them Jewish custom, they shared their holiday gifts with them (Esph. 9 :19, 22). By doing this, they, as Zonara says in his interpretation of this rule, although they did not perhaps share the beliefs of the Jews, nevertheless gave rise to temptation and aroused suspicion against themselves as adherents of Jewish rites; in addition, they themselves were defiled by such communication with the Jews, to whom God, even before the Murder of Christ, said through the prophet: “ lawlessness - and celebration!... and my soul hates your holidays"(Isa. 1 :14) 306 . Regarding the acceptance by Christians of Jewish holiday gifts, and especially unleavened bread, Balsamon, in his interpretation of this rule, notes that many, on the basis of this rule, denounce those who perform the mystical sacrifice on unleavened bread; for if those who only ate unleavened bread during the Jewish holidays are subject to expulsion and excommunication, then what condemnation and punishment should be subject to those who partake of unleavened bread as the body of the Lord, or, like the Jews, who celebrate the Passover on unleavened bread? 307. (Editor's note: Attention!!! We are talking about ecumenical activities and punishments for them!)

If a Christian brings oil to a pagan temple, or to a Jewish synagogue, on their holidays, or lights a candle, he will be excommunicated from church communion.
(Ap. 7, 64, 70; Trul. 11, 94; Ankyr. 7, 24; Antioch. 1; Laodice. 29, 37, 38, 39; Carth. 21).

Holy Confessor Nikodim Milash:

This rule is an addition to the 70th Ap. rule. The Apostle Paul clearly preaches that righteousness cannot have anything in common with iniquity, light with darkness, or the faithful with the unfaithful (2 Cor. 6 :14, 15). Enough has already been said about the condemnation of Christians for religious communication with Jews in the interpretations of the 7th, 64th and 70th Apostles. rules If a Christian does not dare to have any religious communication with the Jews, who, in any case, revere Moses and the prophets and who are members of the Old Testament church, then even more so he should not have the slightest communication with pagans who do not know God. Because of this, this rule prescribes the deprivation of church communion of every Christian who comes with religious offerings to places called sanctuaries by the pagans, and who gives oil and candles as a sign of reverence on the days of pagan holidays. The pagan temple, not to mention the religious teaching preached in it, which had nothing in common with Christian teaching, was, moreover, the focus of everything most immoral that one could imagine.

(Editor's note: Attention!!! We are talking about ecumenical activities and punishments for them!)

37 Rule One must not accept holiday gifts sent from Jews or heretics, rather than celebrate with them.

(64 Ap, 70, 71,.. Trul 11;. Ankir 9;. Laod 6, 9, 29, 38, 84, 88, 89).

Rule 38: You must not accept unleavened bread from the Jews, or partake of their wickedness.

(7 Ap, 64, 70, 71,.. Trul 11;. Anchir 9;. Laod 6, 9, 29, 33, 34, 37, 39).

There is nothing to interpret here, and everything is clear. Celebrating Easter during Jewish celebrations, that is, Passover, means participating in their wickedness.

11 Rule of the Sixth Ecumenical Council (with interpretations)

Celebrating Easter in Passover week, we seem to wash ourselves with the Jews in the same bathhouse, only in a spiritual one, which undoubtedly is a violation of the canonical rule prohibiting doing so.

On the question of how many days Passover is celebrated, be it ours or the Jews

The culmination of the Jewish Passover (Passach Yom Tov) falls on the 14th of Nisan, immediately after sunset the Jews sit down at the table to break their fast with six-course dishes that are of a memorable nature like the days of Passover, but this does not mean that their celebration lasts one night, every subsequent day is called Passover, which is celebrated for a whole week, each day denoting a historical event associated with the release from Egyptian captivity. The seventh day of Passover is for them the same sacred day as the first. But the eighth day, when they have already left, is a post-feast and at the same time the celebration of the Passover holiday.

St. John Chrysostom.

Don’t you know that the Jewish Passover is an image, and the Christian Passover is the truth? Look at the difference between them:

that one delivered from bodily death, and this one stopped the wrath (of God), to which the whole universe fell;

that one once delivered from Egypt, that one freed from idolatry;

that one destroyed Pharaoh, this one destroyed the devil;

after that - Palestine, after that - heaven.

Why are you sitting with a candle when the sun has already risen? Why do you want to eat milk when you are given solid food? That's why they fed you milk, so that you wouldn't stay on milk; That's why the candle shone for you, so that you would come to the sun. So, when the most perfect state has arrived, we will not return to the previous one - we will not observe days, times and years, but in everything we will unswervingly follow the church, preferring love and peace to everything.

Patriarch Theodore Balsamon

(Editor’s note: Was one day of Easter voiced by John Chrysostom and Theodore Balsamon?)

Interpretation by Alexander Lopukhin:

Passover, a remembrance of the beginning of the theocratic existence of Israel as the people of Jehovah, is naturally placed at the head of all holidays of the year. Connected with the exodus of Israel from Egypt - an event that began a new era in the history of Israel, the Passover holiday - unleavened bread lasted 7 days, to further strengthen the consciousness of the people and individual members of its most important moment. The law regarding Passover is given with the greatest completeness in the book of Exodus (Exod. 12 :6, 11, 15-20), precisely when presenting the very history of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, then in individual articles of the law (Lev. 23 :15, 34:18). In the place in question, 1) the start time of the holiday is determined (Lev. 23 :5-6): 14th Nisan in the evening, own. from euros ben-haarbaim: “between 2 evenings” (cf. Ex. 12 .6) - at sunset (according to the understanding of the Samaritans and Karaites) or from the decline of the sun to sunset until complete darkness (according to the interpretation of the Pharisees, Josephus and Philo); 2) the duration of the holiday is 7 days (Lev. 23 :6-7); 3) the nature of the celebration: rest and sacred assembly on the 1st and 7th days (Lev. 23 :7-8), and eating unleavened bread all week (Lev. 23 :6). The book speaks about special sacrifices on Easter. Numbers (Number 28 .19-24).

The connecting link of both holidays, of which Passover is connected with historical memories, and Pentecost is closer to natural, agricultural life (although later Pentecost the Jews learned the meaning of the memory of the giving of the law at Sinai), is what is prescribed by the law (Lev. 23 :10-14) the offering and grateful sacrificial offering to Jehovah of the first sheaf of the new harvest on the 2nd day of Passover (mimmacharath hasschabat, Lev. 23 :11: Easter is called Saturday, due to the rest required on this holiday). In April, around Easter, bread began to ripen in Palestine, first of all (cf. Ex. 9 .31-32) barley: the 1st sheaf of barley had to be brought to the Lord of the promised land and sacrifice - Jehovah, and before this ceremony, the harvest and eating of new bread were not allowed (Lev. 23 :13-14; Josephus Flavius Jude. Ancient 3:10; bliss Theodorite, in question. 32). “Ascension” (through the rite of “shock”, cf. Lev. 7 :30) was accompanied by a bloody (lamb - burnt offering) and bloodless sacrifice (Lev. 23 :12-13).

Many quote Leviticus saying, you see, the first day is the Passover of the Lord, and then the week of unleavened bread, which means the Jewish Passover lasts one day. No, I don’t see it, because I know that the week of unleavened bread is added to the Passover of the Lord, these are not two different holidays, but one and the same, since they begin to eat unleavened bread on the Passover of the Lord, they even have a ritual when Chametz is thrown out of their houses and This is done on the eve of Passover.

Many say that Christ celebrated the Last Supper during Passover, and rose again on the last day of Passover... They say this proves that there is nothing reprehensible in celebrating Passover during Jewish celebrations. Repeating word for word the heretical teaching of the tetradits.

I will answer you in the words of John Chrysostom

And Christ celebrated the Passover with the Jews, not so that we should celebrate it with them, but in order to introduce the truth through the shadow. He underwent circumcision, and observed the Sabbaths, and celebrated their feasts, and ate unleavened bread, and did all this in Jerusalem; but we are not obliged to anything of this; on the contrary, Paul appeals to us: “if you are circumcised, Christ profits you for nothing” (Gal. V:2). And again about unleavened bread: “Let us celebrate in the same way, not with unleavened leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but without leaven of purity and truth” (1 Cor. V:8). Our unleavened bread does not consist of kneaded flour, but of blameless conduct and virtuous living.

Why did Christ celebrate (Easter) then? Because ancient easter was an image of the future, and the image had to be followed by the truth; then Christ, having shown the shadow in advance, then offered the truth at the meal. And with the appearance of truth, the shadow is already hidden and becomes inappropriate. So, do not present this to me as an objection, but prove that Christ commanded us to do this too. On the contrary, I will prove that He not only did not command us to observe the days (of the Law of Moses), but also freed us from this necessity.

Don’t you see the hierarchy, first comes the shadow, and then the truth, they do not follow together, therefore our Passover should be celebrated after Passover, so that our weeks do not overlap, so that we do not have to observe the days of the Mosaic Law.

Song 3

Irmos: Come, let us drink new beer; it is not from the barrenness that the miracle works, but the source of incorruption, from the tomb which rained Christ, we are established in Him.

Beer, like leavened bread, is a product of fermentation, the Lord Jesus Christ is new bread, new beer, how can you eat it when the Jews eat unleavened bread? This is blasphemy. Who mixes unleavened and leavened dough in one roller, and what will come of it? What does Christ have in common with Belial?

If you cannot be convinced, dear believers, and despite everything, you persist in the fact that everything is correct and needs to be celebrated on April 16, celebrate, but I beg you, brothers and sisters, do not take communion on this day, even with the priests who stand in the truth.

About the position that everything is correct and there is no need to stir things up and confuse people

Unfortunately, many priests have settled on the position that everything is correct in citing the chronological dates of such coincidences as evidence. Now, if the fathers had reasoned from the position of defending faith and piety, then the arguments would have been different. Unfortunately, their entire base and the information they provide are built on indifferentism, which was condemned by John Chrysostom. We ourselves know that everything depends on the position that a person takes; if he is an ecumenist or a modernist, he will pull as proof those passages of scripture and holy fathers that indicate the supposed correctness of this teaching, this also applies to ouranopolitans and other heretics. Alas, the priests who stand in truth have followed this same destructive path.

At the end of the world there will be two Easters. The priesthood will celebrate the wrong one, and war will begin.

The prophecy of Evdokia Chudinovskaya (1870-1948) from the village of Chudinovo (Chelyabinsk region), who was affectionately called “Blessed Dunyushka” by the people.

Unfortunately, the priesthood is not included in quotation marks, which means that it is the priests who stand for the truth who will be guilty of the beginning of the war!

Double standards

Many priests who stand in truth say that it is impossible to celebrate secular holidays such as March 8, February 23, January 1, etc. because they often fall on Jewish days (and rightly so) but at the same time they claim that Orthodox Easter can and should be celebrated together with Jews on Passover... isn’t that a paradox!?

Why were there so many joint celebrations in history and not one Saint saw the forgery?

The Lord, in His Mercy and love for mankind, tolerated this unforgivable mistake, and covered it with Divine economy, and therefore the blessed fire descended, and anathemas were not carried out... but sooner or later everything comes to an end, how long can you test God’s patience by celebrating incorrect Easters?!

Canons of the Orthodox Church:

Rule 1 Council of Antioch 341
All those who dare to violate the definition of the holy and great council in Nicaea, which took place in the presence of the most pious and most God-loving Tsar Constantine, on the holy feast of the saving Easter, let them be excommunicated and rejected from the church, if they continue to curiously rebel against the good establishment. And this is said about the laity. If any of the heads of the church, a bishop or a presbyter, or a deacon, after this definition, dares to corrupt people, and to indignate the churches, to stand apart and celebrate Easter with the Jews: the Holy Council from now on condemns such a person to be alien to the church, as if he had become not only the guilt of sin for himself, but also the guilt of disorder and corruption of many. And not only do the council exclude such people from the priesthood, but also all those who dare to be in communion with them, after their expulsion from the priesthood. Those expelled are also deprived of external honor, which they were partakers of according to the holy rule and God's priesthood.

(Ap. 7, 64, 70, 71; II ecum. 7; trul. 11; Laod. 7, 37, 38; Carth. 34, 51, 73, 106).

The Christians of Asia Minor, referring to the Apostle John, Philip and some of the Apostolic disciples, believed that, following the example of Christ, when He celebrated Easter with His disciples, they should also observe the remembrance of His death on the same day ( πάσχα σταυρώσιμον ), and in the same way as Christ did. (Editor’s note: This line is addressed to those who are keen on historical realism) For this purpose, they organized a special supper, which they connected with the Lord’s Supper, and did this at the time when the Jews celebrated their Passover, i.e. on the 14th day of the first month, and the fast of Passion Week was interrupted at this time. (editor's note: this practice was condemned as heresy)

Matthew Vlastar

“Concerning our Easter, it is necessary to pay attention to four decrees, of which two are contained in the Apostolic Rule, and two originate from unwritten tradition. First, we should celebrate Easter after the spring equinox ( μετά ισημερίαν έαρινήν ), the second is not to celebrate it together with the Jews on the same day; third - not just after the equinox, but after the first full moon, which will occur after the equinox ( μετά την πρώτην μετ᾿ ισημερίαν πανσέληνον ), and the fourth - after the full moon, not otherwise than on the first day of the week." This decision of the Council of Nicea became binding for the entire church, and our Orthodox Church is now guided by it.

Divine law (νόμος θείος) commands to completely leave this month and move to the full moon of another month, aligning with it the day of Christian Easter, so as not to celebrate at the same time as the Jews, but to purify and free our Passover from Jewish celebrations - this happened and is happening now, so that there is a long period of time between our Passover and the Jewish Passover.

Rule 7 of the Holy Apostles
If anyone, a bishop, or a presbyter, or a deacon, celebrates the holy day of Easter before the vernal equinox with the Jews, let him be expelled from the sacred rank.
(Ap. 64, 70, 71; Trul. 11; Antioch. 1; Laod. 37, 38; Carth. 51, 73, 106).

Holy Confessor Nikodim Milash:

First of all, this rule indicates astronomical moment to determine the day on which Christians should celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, taking the vernal equinox as the measure, and then prescribes, so that the celebration of the Resurrection never coincides with the time the Jews celebrated their Passover. The same is prescribed by the Apostolic Decrees (V, 17).

Zonara. Some people consider the spring equinox to be March 25, while others consider it to be April 25. And I think that the rule says neither one nor the other. For more often Easter is celebrated before April 25, and sometimes it is celebrated before March 25, so that (if the spring equinox is understood in this way) it will happen that Easter is not celebrated in accordance with this rule. So it seems that the venerable apostles call something else the vernal equinox. And the whole commandment of this rule is as follows: Christians should not celebrate Easter with the Jews, that is, not on the same day as them; for their non-holiday feast must precede, and then our Passover must be celebrated. A clergyman who does not do this must be deposed. The Council of Antioch also defined it in the first rule, saying that the definition of the celebration of Easter is the definition of the First Council of Nicea, although there is no such rule in the rules of the Council of Nicea.

Aristen.He who celebrates the Passover with the Jews is erupted. Clear.

Slavic helmsman.Jews don't celebrate. Who is a bishop, or presbyter, or deacon? the holy day of Easter, which the Jews celebrate before their time, so that it may be erupted. It's reasonable to eat.

Rule 70 of the Holy Apostles
If anyone, a bishop, or a presbyter, or a deacon, or in general from the list of clergy, fasts with the Jews, or celebrates with them, or accepts from them the gifts of their holidays, such as unleavened bread, or something similar; let him be cast out. If he is a layman: let him be excommunicated.
(Ap. 7, 64, 71; Trul. 11; Antioch. 1; Laod. 29, 37, 38; Carth. 51, 73, 106).

Holy Confessor Nikodim Milash:

(Editor’s note: As you can see, this rule does not speak about Easter alone, but about the fact that it is unacceptable to celebrate with the Jews and accept gifts from them)

Zonara. If the one who prays together with someone deprived of fellowship, or with someone who has been cast out, according to previously written rules, is under penance; then he who celebrates with the Jews, or fasting with them, or receiving from them some of the purities of their holidays (people who were not excommunicated and deprived of fellowship, but murderers of Christ and removed from the society of believers, or better than people damned) in any way was not worthy - the initiate of eruption, and the layman of excommunication? For he is such, although he is not of one mind with them; but it gives many people cause for temptation and suspicion against themselves, as if they were giving honor to Jewish rites. And at the same time, it seems that he is defiled by community with those to whom God, before the murder of Christ, through the prophet said: my soul hates fasting and idleness and your holidays (Isaiah 1:14). And the 29th canon of the Council of Laodicea determines that a Christian should not celebrate on Saturday, and the Judaizers, says, shall be anathema. And the 71st rule of the Council of Carthage prohibits celebrating and feasting with Greeks.

Valsamon. The Holy Apostles, having determined in other rules what should happen to those who pray together with heretics, or with the excommunicated, now command those who fast with the Jews, or those who receive the unleavened bread of their feasts, or other gifts, to cast out the clergy, and to excommunicate the laity. But do not say that these are Judaizers, as if they were of the same mind with the Jews: for such people will certainly be subjected not only to expulsion or excommunication, but to complete deprivation of communion, as the 29th canon of the Council of Laodicea also commands. And tell me that such people are Orthodox, but they despise church traditions and living carelessly; and therefore they are punished more leniently, as causing temptation. For therefore, we, who both believe and do not agree with the Jews and other heretics, without a doubt allow fasting when they fast, perhaps for the sake of the threat of Nineveh, or for their other imaginary reasons. And from the fact that those who receive the gifts of their holidays from the Jews, that is, unleavened bread and so on, are cast out and excommunicated, many conclude that those who make the mystical sacrifice on unleavened bread are exposed by this: for, they say, if one eating the unleavened bread of the Jewish holidays exposes them to cast out and excommunication; then their communion is as the work of the Lord and celebrating the Passover on them, like the Jews - which one will not be subject to condemnation and punishment? So, take note of this rule and look for the 71st rule of the Council of Carthage.

Slavic helmsman. If any bishop, or presbyter, or deacon, or any member of the priestly rank fasts with the Jews, or celebrates with them, or accepts part of the unleavened bread from them on the day of their festival, or creates such a thing and let it be erupted. A worldly man, let him leave.

Rule 71 of the Holy Apostles
If a Christian brings oil to a pagan temple, or to a Jewish synagogue, on their holidays, or lights a candle, he will be excommunicated from church communion.
(Ap. 7, 64, 70; Trul. 11, 94; Ankyr. 7, 24; Antioch. 1; Laodice. 29, 37, 38, 39; Carth. 21).

Holy Confessor Nikodim Milash:

(Editor's note: Attention!!! We are talking about ecumenical activities and punishments for them!)

Zonara.“Let him be excommunicated from church communion,” for he does the offering of oil and the lighting of lights because that honors the customs of the Jews, or pagans. And if their worship honors; then he must think that he thinks the same way as them.

Aristen. Rule 70. Excommunicate a layman who practices Judaism or thinks in agreement with the pagans. Rule 71: Cast out the cleric. One who thinks in agreement with the Jews and fasts or celebrates with them, if he is a cleric, he is expelled, and if he is a layman, he is excommunicated.

Valsamon. Elsewhere it is said that there is no fellowship between the faithful and the infidel ( 2 Cor. 6:14,15). Therefore, the present rule says that the Christian is subject to excommunication who celebrates with any infidel, or lights oil or a lamp in their false worship; because he is considered to be of one mind with the infidels. According to this rule, such a person is punished more leniently, but according to others he is subject to more severe punishments.

Slavic helmsman. If a Christian brings oil to a Jewish congregation, or to a heretical church, or to a trash house on their feast day, or burns a censer, or burns a candle, he will be excommunicated.

37 Rule of the Council of Laodicea 364
One should not accept holiday gifts sent from Jews or heretics, nor should one celebrate with them.
(64 Ap, 70, 71,.. Trul 11;. Ankir 9;. Laod 6, 9, 29, 38, 84, 88, 89).

38 Rule of the Council of Laodicea 364
You must not accept unleavened bread from the Jews, or partake of their wickedness.
(7 Ap, 64, 70, 71,.. Trul 11;. Anchir 9;. Laod 6, 9, 29, 33, 34, 37, 39).

There is nothing to interpret here, and everything is clear. Celebrating Passover during Jewish celebrations, that is, Passover, is what it means partake of their wickedness.

Spoiler

Original:

None of those belonging to the sacred rank, or of the laity, should at all eat unleavened bread given by the Jews, or enter into fellowship with them, or call on them when sick, and accept medicine from them, or wash with them in baths. If anyone dares to do this, then let the cleric be deposed, and the layman be excommunicated.

Translation of the Acts of the Ecumenical Councils: None of those in holy orders or lay people should eat unleavened bread from the Jews, or enter into fellowship with them, or take medicine for them, or wash with them in the bathhouse. If anyone dares to do this, then if he is a cleric, let him be deposed, and if he is a layman, let him be excommunicated.

Interpretation of Zonara: And the seventieth rule of the holy Apostles determines not to celebrate with the Jews and not to accept from them any gifts from their holidays; and this rule does not allow one to enter into communication with them, that is, friendship, nor the sick to be treated by them, nor even to wash with them. And the 32nd canon of the Council of Laodicea prohibits accepting the blessing of heretics, and the 37th and 38th canons of the same council say that one should not accept holiday gifts sent from Jews or heretics, nor celebrate with them, or accept unleavened bread and partake their wickedness. And this rule adds punishment to those who violate this definition, namely those in the clergy - ejection, and the laity - excommunication.

Interpretation of Balsamon: Wanting us not to have any communication with the Jews, the divine fathers determine that we should not celebrate with them, not accept or eat the unleavened bread they have there, not be treated by them, or wash with them; and those who do contrary to this are ordered to be thrown out, if they are clergy, and the laity to be excommunicated. Look for the Laodicean Council, rules 31, 32, 37 and 38, and the Holy Apostles, rule 70 and interpretation on it. And let no one say that we are forbidden to eat those unleavened breads that are distributed by heretics, but it is not forbidden to make a sacrifice on unleavened bread, or simply to eat unleavened bread, because we also indifferently eat the so-called unleavened bread; for whoever says this must hear that it is forbidden not to eat unleavened bread, but to celebrate with unleavened bread, according to the custom of the Jews. And what holiday is greater than the bloodless sacrifice that our Lord Jesus Christ gave us during his death and the celebration of Easter? And that it did not even occur to the holy fathers that we should celebrate with unleavened bread, as is the case among the Jews, who were ordered to celebrate the Passover with a lamb, unleavened bread and bitter herbs, this is clear from the fact that they abolished all Jewish celebrations. Note this rule for the Latins who celebrate with unleavened bread, and for those who are treated by Jews and heretics; for all such are condemned to excommunication. Note the teaching of this rule regarding unleavened bread, and that those who are treated by Jews or other heretics are punished.

Synopsis: The unleavened bread of the Jews must be rejected; and whoever calls on them as doctors, or washes together, is subject to eruption. Aristin's interpretation of the text of the Synopsis: Christians have no communication with Jews. Therefore, whoever is found to eat their unleavened bread, or call upon them for healing, or wash with them, or communicate with them in any other way, he, if a cleric, must be subject to ejection, and if a layman, excommunication.

Slavic Helmsman: The unleavened bread of Judaism has been rejected. Summon their physician, or wash with them and be rejected. Interpretation of the Slavic Helmsman: Not a single Christian has joined the Jews. For this reason, if anyone finds himself eating unleavened bread, or call their doctor for healing, or wash with them in the baths, or otherwise be assigned to them, if there is a clerk, let him erupt. If he is a worldly man, let him leave.

Bishop's comment Nikodim Milasha: Confirming the previous rules (see Ap. 7, 64, 70, 71; Antioch. 1; Laod. 29, 37, 38; Carth. 51, 73, 106), the fathers of the Trullo Council with this rule prohibit all communication with Jews, moreover under the threat of eruption of sacred persons and excommunication of the laity. This rule is very fond of being quoted both by people with “extreme right” views, justifying their complete ban on communication with Jews, not only in religious terms, and by critics of the Church, who on its basis accuse Orthodoxy of Judeophobia. Let's try to find out mens legislatoris - the intention of the legislator in this rule. This rule must be considered in the light of 7, 64, 65, 70 and 71 rules of St. of the Apostles, 1 canon of Antioch, 29, 37 and 38 canons of Laodicea and 51, 73 and 106 canons of the Council of Carthage. Those rules formulate the principle of the impossibility of joint prayers with Jews. Moreover, Jews are often mentioned along with other heretics. The rules mention “holiday gifts”, “joint celebrations” and so on. That is, a ban is established on religious communication between Orthodox Christians and representatives of these groups. This ban is completely understandable. Why in the 11th rule is the use of the holiday gifts (unleavened bread) added? medical services from Jewish doctors? As is known, ancient medicine practiced both rational and irrational methods of treatment. The first included actively practiced surgery, internal medicine, hygiene, and even some rudiments of psychological practices. At the same time, irrational methods also developed, mainly associated with the so-called. "temple medicine" We can observe these practices both in pagan and Jewish environments, as well as Christian ones. A particularly important feature of ancient medicine were norms and practices regarding bodily hygiene. This is where all sorts of rules regarding bodily uncleanliness come from, as well as the active use of all kinds of water procedures, such as fonts, baths and baths. Along with the pagan hydropathic baths, the ancient Jewish ones were also widely known. According to some opinions, ancient doctors prescribed baths and water treatments. So the proximity in Rule 11 of doctors and baths (hydropathic clinics) is not anything strange or unusual. Essentially, the rule can be divided into two parts: No one belonging to the sacred order, or from the laity, should: (1) eat unleavened bread given by the Jews, or enter into fellowship with them, (2) call on them when they are sick, and take medicine from them, or wash in baths with them. If anyone dares to do this, then let the cleric be deposed, and the layman be excommunicated. Those. one part talks about "holiday gifts and friendship" and the second about " medical care" Ancient Jewish medicine did not differ from ancient medicine, and also actively practiced irrational methods, for example, certain prayers. And although attempts have been made to ban magical actions, spells and amulets, they were also quite actively used. It can be assumed that in prohibiting treatment from Jewish doctors, the fathers of the 6th Ecumenical Council forbade this primarily because of the possible prayerful communication with the Jews, which was prohibited earlier, or because of the possible use of magical rituals and amulets by Jewish doctors. Consequently, nothing new was introduced by this rule; the previous regulations were only clarified. But modern doctors of Jewish nationality practicing in public and private clinics are not the same Jewish doctors mentioned in this rule. Since they do not use prayer practices, moreover, the vast majority are not representatives of the Jewish religion. And it is absolutely necessary to clarify that this rule does not refer only to the public baths we are accustomed to, but to hydropathic establishments in general, including baths and springs.

On the question of how many days Passover is celebrated, be it ours or the Jews

The culmination of the Jewish Passover (Pesach Yom Tov) falls on the 14th of Nisan, immediately after sunset the Jews sit down at the table to break their fast with six-course dishes that are of a commemorative nature, just like the days of Passover, but this does not mean that their celebration lasts one night, each subsequent The day is called Passover, which is celebrated for a whole week, each day denoting a historical event associated with the release from Egyptian captivity. The seventh day of Passover is for them the same sacred day as the first. But the eighth day, when they have already left, is a post-feast and at the same time the celebration of the Passover holiday.

St. John Chrysostom.
Don’t you know that the Jewish Passover is an image, and the Christian Passover is the truth? Look at the difference between them:
that one delivered from bodily death, and this one stopped the wrath (of God), to which the whole universe fell;
that one once delivered from Egypt, that one freed from idolatry;
that one destroyed Pharaoh, this one destroyed the devil;
after that - Palestine, after that - heaven.
Why are you sitting with a candle when the sun has already risen? Why do you want to eat milk when you are given solid food? That's why they fed you milk, so that you wouldn't stay on milk; That's why the candle shone for you, so that you would come to the sun. So, when the most perfect state has arrived, we will not return to the previous one - we will not observe days, times and years, but in everything we will unswervingly follow the church, preferring love and peace to everything.
Patriarch Theodore Balsamon
(Editor’s note: Was one day of Easter voiced by John Chrysostom and Theodore Balsamon?)
Interpretation by Alexander Lopukhin:
Passover, a remembrance of the beginning of the theocratic existence of Israel as the people of Jehovah, is naturally placed at the head of all holidays of the year. Connected with the exodus of Israel from Egypt - an event that began a new era in the history of Israel, the Passover holiday - unleavened bread lasted 7 days, to further strengthen the consciousness of the people and individual members of its most important moment. The law regarding Passover is given with the greatest completeness in the book of Exodus (Exod. 12 :6, 11, 15-20), precisely when presenting the very history of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, then in individual articles of the law (Lev. 23 :15, 34:18). In the place in question, 1) the start time of the holiday is determined (Lev. 23 :5-6): 14th Nisan in the evening, own. from euros ben-haarbaim: “between 2 evenings” (cf. Ex. 12 .6) - at sunset (according to the understanding of the Samaritans and Karaites) or from the decline of the sun to sunset until complete darkness (according to the interpretation of the Pharisees, Josephus and Philo); 2) the duration of the holiday is 7 days (Lev. 23 :6-7); 3) the nature of the celebration: rest and sacred assembly on the 1st and 7th days (Lev. 23 :7-8), and eating unleavened bread all week (Lev. 23 :6). The book speaks about special sacrifices on Easter. Numbers (Number 28 .19-24).
The connecting link of both holidays, of which Easter is connected with historical memories, and Pentecost is closer to natural, agricultural life (although later Pentecost the Jews learned the meaning of the memory of the giving of the law at Sinai), serves what is prescribed by the law (Lev. 23 :10-14) the offering and grateful sacrificial offering to Jehovah of the first sheaf of the new harvest on the 2nd day of Passover(mimmacharath hasschabat, Lev. 23 :11: Easter is called Saturday, due to the rest required on this holiday). In April, around Easter, bread began to ripen in Palestine, first of all (cf. Ex. 9 .31-32) barley: the 1st sheaf of barley had to be brought to the Lord of the promised land and sacrifice - Jehovah, and before this ceremony, the harvest and eating of new bread were not allowed (Lev. 23 :13-14; Josephus Flavius Jude. Ancient 3:10; bliss Theodorite, in question. 32). “Exaltation” (through the ritual of “shock”, cf. Lev. 7 :30) was accompanied by a bloody (lamb - burnt offering) and bloodless sacrifice (Lev. 23 :12-13).

Many say that Christ celebrated the Last Supper during Passover, and rose again on the fourth day of Passover... They say this proves that there is nothing reprehensible in celebrating Passover during Jewish celebrations. Repeating word for word the heretical teaching of the tetradits.

I will answer you in the words of John Chrysostom

And Christ celebrated the Passover with the Jews, not so that we should celebrate it with them, but in order to introduce the truth through the shadow. He underwent circumcision, and observed the Sabbaths, and celebrated their feasts, and ate unleavened bread, and did all this in Jerusalem; but we are not obliged to anything of this; on the contrary, Paul appeals to us: “if you are circumcised, Christ will profit you for nothing” ( Gal. 5:2). And again about unleavened bread: “Let us celebrate in the same way, not in the leaven of unleavened bread, nor in the leaven of malice and wickedness, but in the unleavened bread of purity and truth” ( 1 Cor. 5:8). Our unleavened bread does not consist of kneaded flour, but of blameless conduct and virtuous living.
Why did Christ celebrate (Easter) then? Since the ancient Easter was an image of the future, and the image had to be followed by the truth; then Christ, having shown the shadow in advance, then offered the truth at the meal. And with the appearance of truth, the shadow is already hidden and becomes inappropriate. So, do not present this to me as an objection, but prove that Christ commanded us to do this too. On the contrary, I will prove that He not only did not command us to observe the days (of the Law of Moses), but also freed us from this necessity.

Song 3
Irmos: Come, let us drink new beer; it is not from the barrenness that the miracle works, but the source of incorruption, from the tomb which rained Christ, we are established in Him.

Beer, like leavened bread, is a product of fermentation, our Lord Jesus Christ is new bread, beer is new, so how can you eat it when the crucifiers are eating unleavened bread at that moment? This is blasphemy.

Who mixes unleavened and leavened dough in one roller, and what will come of it? I don't think it's good.

What does Christ have in common with Belial?

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and flow out on its own, and the skins will be lost; but new wine must be put into new wineskins; then both will be saved. ( OK. 5:37-39)

By new Wine we understand our Orthodox Easter, and by old wineskins we mean Passover. Modernists propose to pour new wine into old wineskins, waiting just one day, so to speak, for formal observance of the canon, as Catholics do, looking for all sorts of loopholes in church law. Let me remind you that in the Roman “Church” until 1967 there was no institution of a permanent diaconate, and in the canons It is stated that before being ordained a priest is made a deacon. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, an ordained deacon had to undergo a certain test that lasted several years and only then, with the blessing of the bishop, was ordained a priest, while in the Roman Catholic “Church” they became deacons for only a few minutes, at the moment of ordination to the priesthood, so that’s when we they say that the departure from the Old Testament Easter should be on one day, I remember this Jesuit practice of formal observance of the canons, which is justified in every possible way by the fact that the Holy Fathers do not say anything about dates.

If we can't convince you otherwise. dear believers, and despite everything, you insist that everything is right and needs to be celebrated on April 16, celebrate, but I beg you, brothers and sisters, do not take communion on this day, even with the priests who stand in truth.

About the position that everything is correct and there is no need to stir things up and confuse people

Unfortunately, many priests have settled on the position that everything is correct, citing chronological dates of such coincidences as evidence. Now, if the fathers had reasoned from the position of defending faith and piety, then the arguments would have been different. Unfortunately, their entire basis and the information they provide are built on indifferentism, which was condemned by John Chrysostom. We ourselves know that everything depends on the position that a person takes; if he is an ecumenist or a modernist, he will pull out those passages of scripture and holy fathers as evidence that indicate the supposed correctness of this teaching, this also applies to ouranopolitans and other heretics. Alas, the priests who stood in truth followed this same destructive path.

At the end of the world there will be two Easters. The priesthood will celebrate the wrong one, and war will begin.
The prophecy of Evdokia Chudinovskaya (1870-1948) from the village of Chudinovo (Chelyabinsk region), who was affectionately called “Blessed Dunyushka” by the people.

Unfortunately, the priesthood is not included in quotation marks, which means that it is the priests who stand for the truth who will be guilty of the beginning of the war!

Double standards

Why were there so many joint celebrations in history and not one Saint saw the forgery?

The Lord, in His Mercy and love for mankind, tolerated this unforgivable mistake, and covered it with Divine economy, and therefore the Holy Fire descended, and anathemas were not carried out... but sooner or later everything comes to an end, how long can you test God’s patience by celebrating incorrect Easters?!

Rule of the Great Council of 1583 on Paschal and the New Calendar

Since again the church of ancient Rome, as if rejoicing in the vanity of its astronomers, imprudently changed the beautiful decrees about the sacred Easter, celebrated by Christians of the whole earth and celebrated as determined - for this reason it becomes the cause of temptations, for Armenian men appeared before our measure, asking about the practice celebrations because they too are forced to embrace innovation. For this reason, we had to say that the Holy Fathers decreed about this. Our measure, having discussed together with the Most Blessed Patriarch of Alexandria and the Most Blessed Patriarch of Jerusalem and other members of the Synod in Holy Spirit, determines and explains the decision on this matter by the Holy One. Fathers, Whoever does not follow the customs of the Church and the way the seven holy Ecumenical Councils ordered us to follow about Holy Pascha and the month and goodness of the law, but wants to follow the Gregorian Paschal and the month, he, with the godless astronomers, opposes all the definitions of the Holy Fathers. councils and wants to change and weaken them - let him be anathema, excommunicated from the Church of Christ and the assembly of the faithful. You, Orthodox and pious Christians, remain in what you have learned, what you were born and raised in, and when the need arises, shed your very blood in order to preserve your fatherly faith and confession. Be careful and be attentive from these, so that our Lord Jesus Christ will help you and may the prayers of our measure be with all of you. Amen.
Patriarch of Constantinople Jeremiah P.,
Patriarch of Alexandria Sylvester,
Patriarch of Jerusalem Sophrony
and other bishops of the cathedral, which was held on November 20, 1583.

From this the conclusion suggests itself that our Easter should under no circumstances be celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, and if it turns out that our Julian Easter falls on the Gregorian calendar, it should be moved so as not to celebrate together with the heretics - the Papians, Armenians, Monothelites and other heretics.

2nd week of Easter,Apostle Thomasy. Anti-Easter.

Mchch. Terentia, Pompia and others like them.Festival Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos for the sake of the Athonite miraculous icon of Her, called “Sweet Kissing” .

Sschmch. Gregory V, Patriarch of Constantinople.

The entire service of the holiday (according to the Triodion).

Note. “It is fitting that in this holy second Week of Antipascha: the Sunday is not sung, but the entire holiday” (Typikon, chapter 50, “Antipascha Week”).

Note. The services of the saints that took place on Sundays during the Pentecost period are transferred to Compline (cf.: Typikon, chapter 50, “Sunday of Antipascha”, 4th “see”); This instruction from the Typikon, however, does not apply to the services of the vigil and polyeleos saints.

On Saturday evening, before the 9th hour (and Little Vespers), the royal doors are closed. The 9th hour reads the usual three-psalm. On it is the Sunday troparion in the 8th tone: “From on high you came down...”, and the Easter kontakion: “Even unto the grave...”.

Calendar notes:
At matins magnification: “We magnify You, Life-Giving Christ, for our sake you descended into hell and raised everything with You.” "Cathedral of Angels" is not sung. According to the Gospel - “I saw the Resurrection of Christ” three times (so on all Sundays until Easter). Canon of the holiday (Fomina Week, not Easter). Catavasia “Resurrection Day...”.
From this day until Easter is celebrated, at all services that begin with the exclamation of the priest, and also before the start of the Six Psalms, “Christ is Risen...” is sung or read three times. On all Sundays before Easter, I don’t sing “The Most Honest.”
At the liturgy at the entrance: “Come, let us worship... Save us, Son of God, risen from the dead...”. Instead of “Worthy” - “The angel cried... Shine...” (this is the case on all days except the Feast of the Midsummer and its giving). After “Save, O God...” - “Christ is risen...” once; after “Glory to Thee, O Christ God...” - “Christ is risen...” three times. Dismissal “Risen from the dead...” (this ending of the liturgy occurs on all Sundays and weekdays from the Week of St. Thomas until Easter).
Vespers on the Sunday of Antipascha with the entrance and the great prokeme.
On all Sundays during the singing of the Colored Triodion, the service is performed only according to the Triodion, and the Menaion is omitted (with the exception of the memory of saints who have a vigil or polyeleos).
During the singing of the Triodion of Color at the liturgy on all days, the Apostle and the Gospel of the day are read first, and the readings to the saints are second. The weeks from Easter to Pentecost begin not on Monday, but on Sunday. The prayer “To the Heavenly King” is not read or sung until Pentecost.
When the Charter speaks of singing “holiday” hymns at services during the Pentecost period, it does not mean Easter hymns, but the service of one or another Week of the Triodion of Color (as well as Midnight).

Order of readings, according to the calendar: Morning – Ev. 1st, Matthew, 116 readings, XXVIII, 16–20. Lit. – Acts, 14 ch., V, 12–20.

At Great Vespers after the exclamation: “Glory to the Holy Ones, and the Consubstantial One...”, “Christ is risen from the dead...” is sung (three times), and the opening Psalm 103. (“Come, let us worship” is usually omitted.)

“Blessed is the man” - all kathisma.

On “Lord, I cried” the stichera of the Triodion, tone 1 and tone 2 – 10 (the first four stichera – twice). “Glory, even now” – Triodion, tone 6: “By the closed doors, you have come, O Christ...”.

Entrance. "Quiet Light" Prokeimenon of the day, tone 6: “The Lord reigns...” (with verses).

At the litia there are stichera of the Triodion, tone 4 and tone 8. “Glory, even now” - Triodion, tone 8: “By the closed doors, by the disciples gathered...”.

On the stichera are the stichera of the Triodion, tone 4 (with its own choruses). “Glory, even now” - Triodion, tone 5: “Loving mankind, great and unused...”. (Easter verses are not sung.)

According to the Trisagion - troparion for the holiday of Triodion (Antipascha), tone 7: “The tomb is sealed...” (three times).

At the cry: “The blessing of the Lord is upon you...”, the singers: “Amen.”

Note. Here, according to the Charter, the reading is: “The Acts from the beginning or the conversations of Chrysostom from the beginning are revered” (Typikon, Chapter 50, “Antipascha Week”). “Be aware that from the Sunday of Holy Pascha, even until the Sunday of All Saints, after the blessing of the loaves, the Acts of the Saints is revered by the Apostle. In the other Weeks of the entire summer, the seventh Catholic Epistle of the Apostles, and the fourteen Epistles of the Holy Apostle Paul, and the Revelation of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian are venerated” (Typikon, ch. 2, 1 -e “see”). The Typikon does not stipulate the reading order.

Reading is done as follows. Reader: “Bless the apostle, father, read the Acts of the saints.” Priest: “Through the prayers of our holy fathers...” Reader: “Amen,” and the reading begins. At the end of the reading, the reader: “To our God be glory always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.” Another reader (according to the Typikon - primate): “Amen.”

“Christ is risen from the dead...” (three times), and the Six Psalms begin: “Glory to God in the highest...”.

At matins on “God is the Lord” - the troparion of the holiday of Triodion (Antipascha), tone 7: “The tomb is sealed...” (twice). “Glory, even now” is the same troparion.

Kathismas 2nd and 3rd. Small litanies. Sedals of the holiday (Triodion).

Polyeleos. Magnification: “We magnify You, O Life-Giving Christ, for our sake you descended into hell and raised everything with You,” and the chosen psalm. (Sunday troparia “The Council of Angels...” are not sung.) Sedalen Triodion in Polyeleos, tone 1: “Seeing My ribs and the wounds of the nails...”. “Glory, even now” – the same sedal. Degrees - 1st antiphon of the 4th tone. Prokeimenon, tone 4: “Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion”; verse: “For strengthen the faith of your gates.” Sunday Gospel 1st – Matthew, ch. 116. “Having seen the Resurrection of Christ...” (three times). According to Psalm 50: “Glory” - “Through the prayers of the apostles...”; “And now” – “Through the prayers of the Mother of God...”. “Have mercy on me, O God...”, and the resurrection stichera, tone 6: “Jesus has risen from the grave...” (once).

Canon of the holiday of Triodion (Antipascha), tone 1: “Let us sing, all the people...”, with irmos on 14 (irmos twice).

Bible songs “We sing to the Lord...”.

Easter Catavasia: “Resurrection Day...”

According to the 3rd song - ipakoi of Antipascha, tone 6: “For in the midst of the disciples...” (once).

According to the 6th song - the kontakion of the holiday of Triodion (Antipascha), tone 8: “By the curious right hand...”, and ikos, the same voice: “Who preserves the disciple’s hand...”.

I won’t sing “The Most Honest” for the 9th song. (The usual incense is performed.)

Note. In all the Weeks (i.e. Sundays) before Easter is celebrated, “The Most Honest” is not sung at Sunday Matins. Every church ceremony takes place on the 9th song of the canon.

According to the 9th song - “Holy is the Lord our God” (in tone 1). Svetilen Triodi: “My pleasure...” (twice). “Glory, even now” - the luminary Triodion: “Today spring is fragrant...”.

“Every breath…” and psalms of praise.

On the praises of the stichera of the Triodion, tone 1 - 4 (the first stichera - twice). “Glory” - Triodion, tone 6: “After these days Thy rise has been destroyed...”, “And now” - “Blessed art thou...”.

Great doxology. According to the Trisagion - troparion for the holiday of Triodion (Antipascha), tone 7: “The tomb is sealed...” (once). Litany, and dismissal: “Christ, our True God, rose from the dead, through the prayers of His Most Pure Mother, the holy glorious Apostle Thomas and all the saints...” (saints of the temple and day are not commemorated).

Before the 1st hour on “Glory, even now” – Gospel stichera 1st, tone 1st: “To the mountain as a disciple...” (see in Triodion).

Note. “The lithiums, that is, the procession into the vestibule, begin today. Likewise, in the Announcements of our reverend father Theodore the Studite, in the following we sing: “Glory, even now,” the Gospel stichera...” (Triodion Colored, on the Sunday of St. Thomas, at Matins, an indication before the Gospel stichera). “Listen, as lithiums are held in the vestibule before the 1st hour and the Announcements of the Studites take place. Then the 1st hour, and so on as usual, and a complete dismissal" (Typikon, ch. 50, "Sunday of Antipascha", 3rd "see"). In other words: 1) the temporarily interrupted processions into the narthex on Sundays for the reading of the Announcements of the Studites and the 1st hour (the last time such a procession was on Vaiy Week), and on weekdays - for the singing of lithium for the dead (stopped on Maundy Thursday) are resumed from this day, i.e. from the Week of Antipascha; 2) when there is a reading of the Announcements (i.e. on Sundays), in the narthex the Studite Announcements are first read and the troparion of St. is sung. Theodore the Studite, and then the 1st hour is read; on weekdays, non-holiday days, the 1st hour is first read, and, moreover, in the temple, and then there is a descent into the vestibule and in it the singing of the lithium for the departed ( Rozanov V. Liturgical Charter of the Orthodox Church. P. 676).

The hours are ordinary, three-psalm. (For the features of the clock, see April 9, General notes on the service from St. Thomas Week to the celebration of Easter, paragraph 5.) On the clock there is a troparion and kontakion of the holiday of the Triodion (Antipascha).

Liturgy St. John Chrysostom.

Note. “The Liturgy happens in earnest, in labor for the sake of vigil” (Typikon, chapter 50, “Antipascha Week”).

At the cry “Blessed is the Kingdom...” - “Christ is risen...” (three times). According to tradition, the royal doors are opened for the singing of the troparion.

Note. “Be aware that from New Week until the celebration of the feast of Easter, the beginning of the Liturgy is here: according to what you say to the deacon: Bless, lord. And the priest: Blessed is the Kingdom... and the priest sings: Christ is Risen... three times, the entire troparion, except for the verses: May God rise again... Also litany, and other Liturgy" (Typikon, chapter 50, "Sunday of Antipascha").

Great Litany.

Antiphons are figurative.

Blessed are the feast of the Triodion, hymn 3 – 4 (with Irmos) and 6 – 4.

At the entrance: “Come, let us worship... risen from the dead, singing Ti...”.

Note. at the entrance The Liturgy sings: “Come, let us worship... risen from the dead, singing to Ti...”.

At the entrance - the troparion of the holiday of Triodion (Antipascha), tone 7: “The tomb is sealed...”. “Glory, even now” – kontakion of the holiday of Triodion (Antipascha), tone 8: “By the curious right hand...”.

The Trisagion is sung.

Prokeimenon, voice 3: “Great is our Lord and great is His strength, and His understanding is without number”; verse: “Praise the Lord, for the psalm is good; let the praise of our God be sweet.”

Apostle - Acts 14.

Alleluia, tone 8: “Come, let us rejoice in the Lord...”, verse: “For God is the great Lord...”.

Gospel – John, 65 credits. (XX, 19–31).

Honorer of Easter: “The angel cried...” - “Shine, shine...”.

Involved: “Praise, Jerusalem...”.

At the priest’s exclamation “With the fear of God...” - the singers: “Blessed is He that cometh...”. Priest: “Save, O God, Thy people...” The singers, instead of “Videhom...” sing: “Christ is risen from the dead...” (once). At the priest’s exclamation “Always, now and ever...” the singers sing: “Let our lips be fulfilled...”. At the exclamation “Glory to Thee, O Christ God...” the following is sung: “Christ is risen from the dead...” (three times). Dismissal, as at Matins.

Note. “At the meal there is great consolation for the brethren” (Typikon, chapter 50, “Antipascha Week”).

The post-celebration of Antipascha Week continues until Saturday.

On the Sunday of Antipascha, Great Vespers is celebrated with an entrance and a great prokeme.

Note. During the period from St. Thomas Week until Easter vacation at all services it begins with the words: “Risen from the dead...”.

See: Menaia-April. M., 2002. Part 2. pp. 317–331.

Or “Sweet kiss”, in Greek – “Glycophilus”.

In some churches, when closing the royal doors, it is customary to sing the troparion of Antipascha, tone 7: “The tomb is sealed...”.

Wed: Rozanov V. Liturgical Charter of the Orthodox Church. P. 674.