Russian-Orthodox Easter

[Ülev]

Пасха (Easter) is in Russia the major religious celebration of the year. It is even more important than Christmas.
This year is celebrated from the 8 of April.

Easter in Russia is perhaps the only religious holiday that somewhat celebrated even during the Soviet times. Thanks to the generation of great-grandparents and grandparents, many Soviet children, even though raised in the atheistic environment, knew about such Easter traditions as coloring eggs, baking kulich (a special Easter yeast cake) and making paskha (a cottage cheese cake shaped as a pyramid). All this is still part of how they celebrate Easter in Russia today.

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https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/32799...-easter-russia

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[LouisFerdinand]