Even utterly archaic ones are especially strong and relevant. And Easter in this regard is a very special case. So the site will tell you now about how to say Easter greetings correctly.
What you need to know about Easter greetings?
To begin with, let's clarify right away - both versions of the greeting are acceptable, both between people and between church leaders. The problem here is that “resurrected” is an archaic form of the Old Slavonic “resurrected”. According to linguists, verbs used to have 4 forms of the past tense. And this word was just in one of the rather rare verb forms called "aorist". This meant that the verb meant a single and complete action performed in the past.
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While Old Church Slavonic was in use, there were no other options for Easter greetings at all. But with language reform and simplification, the need for several forms of the past tense has disappeared. Ordinary people began to say "resurrected", and the original version remained only in the Church Slavonic dialect. And is still preserved. So it's quite normal if the leaders of the church answer you exactly "Truly Risen."
By the way, this is also an important point - it is to answer. The fact is that within the framework of the Orthodox tradition, the first part of the phrase is pronounced by the one who is younger. By age, rank or position. The laity, in this regard, are considered "younger" than the priests, regardless of age.
Source - hvs The tradition of Easter greeting itself goes back to apostolic times. And it is mentioned in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. It symbolizes the joy of the apostles from the very fact of realizing this great event. Hence the enthusiastic intonation, and the custom of a triple kiss.
Interestingly, this greeting can be used not only on Easter day, but also within 40 days after it. All within the framework of the traditional "funeral" Christian traditions.
Source - hvs It is also worth noting that this phrase was translated into all available languages of the world, which symbolizes the unity of Christian culture. And even several artificial languages. But it's funny to hear an Easter greeting in the language of the elves, invented by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, or in the Klingon language, created by fans of the fantasy series Star Trek.
We also believe that it would be useful for you to learn about how to do it in general. After all, Easter greetings alone are not enough for this - there are a huge number of national and religious traditions in this regard.
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Traditionally, the celebration of Easter always begins with a service in the church, which starts from midnight Saturday to Sunday. It is this holiday that fills the human soul with joy, since it was on the day of Easter that Jesus Christ resurrected, having conquered death forever.
With the resurrection of Christ, the people were able to atone for all their sins, and the Son of God himself showed privilege over death. It has long been customary to rejoice and greet every passer-by on this day, giving a good mood and warmth.
Since ancient times and still the Slavic people are famous for their numerous traditions, which are strictly observed and passed down from generation to generation.
However, when people with Soviet ideology came to power, any religion became criminally punishable. Believers began to be persecuted, fired from their jobs, sent to places of exile, and in some cases it even came to execution, the site reports. Most of the traditions due to such methods of persecution have been lost, and some have been completely forgotten. But there is absolutely no place for despair, because after many years people's interest in the origins of their traditions is renewed. Most people begin to observe traditions, are interested in the past of their ancestors.
But there is another side of the coin, the problem of misunderstanding of some church rules and customs still remains. All sets of rules that were previously observed by our ancestors are now considered strange and unnecessary. But to know the traditions of your people is very important, because in order to truly know the origins of your nation, you need to sincerely feel the faith and love of the Lord.
And it is Easter that is one of the key moments for the revival of church denominations and traditions.
How and how much to say at Easter Christ is Risen: Easter greeting
There are various rituals that are performed by believers for many centuries in a row. The main tradition of this holiday is to greet each other during the onset of Easter, exalting that Christ is risen.
It is customary to greet each other with the words: “Christ is risen!” and answer "Truly Risen!", After which they kiss each other three times. With these words, the people express their joy, which is similar to the joy of the apostles, who at one time learned about the resurrection of Christ.
One of the oldest and brightest holidays is Orthodox Easter, which is preceded by Great Lent, which requires restrictions on eating. After baking Easter cakes and painting eggs, the housewives collect a basket with which they will go to church to consecrate food. After that, according to tradition, it is necessary to greet everyone who meets on the way back home.
For all believers, the Easter holiday is of great importance, because it is full of light and warmth.
"Christ is Risen!" - this is how people greet each other on this great day. "Truly risen!" - answer them.
Easter is the day of the resurrection of the son of God, which symbolizes the victory of light over darkness and life over death.
In 2018, Easter is considered early, because it falls on April 8th. According to the ancient Orthodox tradition, on this day it is necessary to greet each other not with the usual phrase “Hello!”, But with the words “Christ is Risen!”.
The rules stipulate that this first phrase should be heard from a person who is younger in age. To the words "Christ is Risen!" from any person, even passing by, it is necessary to answer: “Truly Risen!”.
If you met with friends or relatives, after the phrases “Christ is Risen!” and "Truly Risen!" you can answer with a triple kiss.
As for the meeting with the clergy, you also need to add the phrase: "Bless, father." At the same time, put your palms together - the right one on top of the left, to receive a blessing.
On Easter evening, people go out into the street and greet each other with the words Christ is Risen.
At the end of Lent, when believers had to restrain themselves from eating food of animal origin, meat dishes can be eaten on Easter. In addition to traditional Easter cakes and colored eggs, many people bake bread lambs.
Tradition says that 48 different goodies should be on the table. Therefore, every year housewives have to come up with new recipes and dishes to please relatives and surprise guests.
The most common dishes include:
- cottage cheese Easter;
- stuffed tomatoes;
- baked lamb or veal;
- aspic;
- herring under a fur coat;
- spring salad;
- crab stick salad;
- any meat and fish dishes;
- liqueurs and wine;
- variety of pickles.
After breaking the fast, people begin to go out into the street with songs and dances, thereby glorifying Jesus, shouting: “Christ is Risen!”.
Thus, we become like the disciples of the Lord, who, after His resurrection, “said that the Lord had truly risen.” In short words, “Christ is risen! ”is the whole essence of our faith, all the firmness of hope, all the fullness of eternal joy. These words, repeated countless times every year, nevertheless always strike our hearts with their novelty and significance. With this Easter greeting, people kiss each other. This is an ancient sign of reconciliation and love, dating back to the times of the apostles, which unites hearts, which gives strength to forgive for the sake of Christ's Resurrection. This is how Orthodox Christians greet each other at Easter. And on Easter they treat them with sweet Easter cakes and exchange colored ones ...
The origins of this greeting
Greet a person on Easter day with the phrase "Christ is risen!" and answer - "Truly Risen!" primarily for Christians. This custom goes back centuries and has great meaning for believers. Also, during the exchange of these phrases, it is customary to kiss three times. You can say these words during the entire Bright Week that follows Easter.
This custom owes its origins to Jesus Christ himself, who lived and died for the sins of ordinary laity. After the apostles of Christ learned about his resurrection, they told every person they saw about it, saying the cherished phrase “Christ is risen!”. Those who heard this phrase understood that Jesus is the son of God, and, confirming their words, answered “Truly Risen!”.
Another version says that these phrases are used for blessing. For example, a layman can ask “Christ is risen!”, and the priest answers “Truly Risen!”, which means “God bless”….
Today, Orthodox believers celebrate the main Orthodox holiday - the Resurrection of Christ or Easter. On this day, it is customary to greet each other with the phrase "Christ is Risen."
According to the rules, this phrase should be pronounced by a person younger in age or a person occupying a lower place in the church hierarchy.
A layman, when meeting with a clergyman, must add “Bless, father,” folding his right palm over his left to receive a blessing.
The clergyman, in turn, answers “Truly Risen! God bless”, makes the sign of the cross and puts his right hand on the palm of the interlocutor.
When meeting two lay people, it is necessary to greet with the phrase “Christ is Risen” and answer “Truly Risen”, followed by a triple kiss.
The Easter greeting has been around since apostolic times. The cry "Christ is risen!" expresses the joy of the apostles who learned about the resurrection of the Lord.
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Many write that it is not clear how to say correctly: He has risen in truth or has risen in truth - this is a form of greeting Christians for Easter. But many do not know how to speak correctly. In fact, both options are correct and true. You just need to know how to use them correctly.
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The words "Truly Risen" speak "Christ is Risen!". This tradition dates back to Ancient Greece, from where Christianity came to Russia. Only there they spoke it differently, in Greek. The words "Christ is Risen!" speak Church Slavonic. Prayers are read on it, although for an unaccustomed ear this language may seem strange. Many words there sound completely different from spoken Russian. For example, not the Mother of God, but the Mother of God in the nominative case. It turns out a feeling of the middle gender, which is perceived as a certain dialect.
In fact, in church practice ...
He is risen tonight...
Everything rejoices in this sublunar world
As if an angel played the lyre,
Christ looks down from the shining heavens.
"Christ is Risen! He has truly risen!"
And this exclamation is heard from everywhere,
He is happy from small to large.
The lark is pouring from the height of the roulade,
And towards them from the Earth higher and higher:
"Christ is Risen! He has truly risen!”
In the morning people say to each other
And the ringing of bells echoes them in harmony,
My garden is lit up with magical light,
And every bush is happy on Sunday.
"Christ is Risen! He has truly risen!"
I congratulate all the students and guests on the holiday
Happy Easter Sunday!
Christ is risen! Truly risen!
Peace to you, Faith, bright and pure Love! yes keeps
you from all evil, our Savior Jesus Christ!
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SMS greetings for Easter: Truly Risen
Easter is one of the most revered holidays in Russia. On this day, people turn to each other, using the words of good wishes: "Christ is risen!" and hear the response “Truly Risen”! Therefore, if you wrote a greeting card to your friend, and in response received an SMS greeting on Easter: Truly, you are risen, then you, too, have joined the good tradition of Easter days.
How can you say Happy Easter today?
The world is changing rapidly today. If earlier people greeted each other with Christ, gave beautiful Easter eggs painted in ritual red color, invited them to the festive table with Easter cakes and curd Easter, now they are trying to congratulate their friends and relatives with the help of SMS congratulations.
SMS congratulations for Easter is a short genre. After all, you can’t write such a lot in a message. Be concise too, using rhyming poetry. So if you want to congratulate someone on…
The Easter holiday is approaching. And I, in fact, am interested in the question of whether people who do not adhere to the Christian religion need to respond to the greeting "Christ is risen" - "Truly risen"? Or should this be done at least in order to observe the culture of communication with a person and once again not injure his religious feelings? Thank you. Tatiana.
Archpriest Alexander Ilyashenko answers:
Hello Tatiana!
Of course, one must be careful and respect the faith of one's neighbor. But there is no obligation here, if a person does not believe in the Resurrection of Christ, if he does not want to share the believer's Paschal joy, then he can answer as he sees fit.
Some answer, “Truly Risen,” while others simply respond with congratulations on the Easter holiday. But whatever we think, Christ is Risen is a fact. With this fact, I congratulate you. Christ is Risen - Truly Risen!
Sincerely, Archpriest Alexander Ilyashenko.
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Dear readers and guests of the Blog about proper nutrition and healthy foods, I sincerely congratulate you on the holiday of the Holy Resurrection of Christ! I wish you physical and spiritual health, as well as happiness and prosperity!
Christ is risen! Truly Risen!
On this day, Christ rose from the dead and conquered death, proving to all of us that death is not the end and that God can save us. He was crucified for our sins, so let only love and good be in our hearts.
This holiday is celebrated for 40 days, exactly as long as, according to legend, Jesus Christ stayed on earth after the resurrection. It is impossible to enjoy this wonderful holiday in one day or even in a week and express all the joy. And the most important days of the holiday are the day of Easter itself, as well as the first week after it, which is called Bright Week. Therefore, even more than a month after the holiday itself, people say to each other “Christ is Risen! He is truly Risen!"
There are people who rejoice all year round ...
Today, all mankind, and therefore each of us, received hope for salvation, because Christ has risen.
Calling this day a holiday, even the biggest holiday, is too little. It is more important than any holiday and more significant than any event in world history. This day is called Easter, which means “transition”, and is celebrated in the Orthodox Church as the most important day of the year. Easter is the whole essence of Christianity, the whole meaning of our faith.
“The word Easter,” writes St. Ambrose of Milan, “means “transition.” This feast, the most solemn of the feasts, was named so in the Old Testament Church - in remembrance of the exodus of the sons of Israel from Egypt and at the same time deliverance from slavery, and in the New Testament Church - in commemoration of the fact that the Son of God Himself, through the Resurrection from the dead, passed from this world to the Heavenly Father, from earth to Heaven, freeing us from eternal death and slavery to the enemy, giving us “the power to become children of God” (John 1:12).
The crucifixion of Christ took place in...
Christ is risen, truly risen: congratulations are heard everywhere on the street, in cities, in the world. Yes, that's right, a long time ago a wonderful miracle happened that spread throughout the district, and then all over the world. It was the resurrection of the Son of the Lord himself, crucified three days ago on Golgotha. Today, we are looking forward to Easter, to celebrate this event, to congratulate each other and wish only the best and brightest. This is what the poems written by our best authors especially on the occasion of the celebration carry.
We see reflections in puddles-mirrors.
"yawning" sun, the sky in the clouds.
We see things differently on Easter.
The Easter holiday has long been familiar to us.
For children to love Easter
Tell them a fairy tale about the holiday,
You tell them about the good and the miracle,
And their thoughts will be different.
The meaning will be given to the words:
Saying "Christ is Risen" - going into ...
Christ is risen!
Jesus resurrected in earthly suffering,
Survived earthly torments.
He endured, silently tortured,
Shame and pain, mockery ardor.
He believed in a miracle of deliverance,
In the sin of our souls mired.
He believed in the miracle of Sunday
That is why he is alive in our hearts!
Christ is risen! Truly risen!
Christ is risen! Giving us hope!
And our faith only stands on
That he is risen! Shines like before!
Let the radiance enter every home!
The fire of love, unrelenting love,
Love that gives us a new life!
And let it burn with a burning bush!
Our Lord was, he is and he is coming!
Christ is risen! We will shout to the sky!
Christ is risen! And we will become better!
Christ is risen! Miracles will begin
And the doors to the vast world will open!
To the world of joy, good luck and kindness,
To the world of happiness, prosperity and luck.
And church bells will ring.
Happy holiday!
With Light...
Happy Easter!
In the last 10-15 years, many of our people for some reason began to consciously instead of the usual “Christ is Risen” say “Christ is Risen”, which actually sounds completely un-Russian. Maybe the ROC's "activity" is to blame or the progressive "Orthodoxy of the brain", I don't know. Personally, I am generally far from any religions, and even more so church holidays, etc. Religion (any) is the path to ignorance, and Faith has no religion, as it has absolutely nothing to do with it. There we are all equal and part of one whole. But I remember how in Soviet times people traditionally exchanged the phrases “Christ is Risen” and “Truly Risen”, and then many seemed to get stuck and began to say out loud and unreadable.
It is correct to say "Christ is risen".
Now where does the form "resurrected" come from? In Church Slavonic, it is written with er at the end. A syllable could never end in a consonant. It was read ... yes, like "resurrected", but the vowel was short. By the way, many...
“For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” (Apostle Paul).
Easter is the feast of Christ's bright resurrection. That's what religion says. How is it written in the Bible? The Bible is written differently.
The Holy Scriptures say that Easter is not the resurrection of Christ, but His death. On Easter, Christ died, not resurrected. That's what the Bible says.
Christ never commanded anywhere that people celebrate or celebrate His resurrection from the dead. You won't find a word about this in the Bible. This does not mean that celebrating the resurrection of Christ would be a fundamental mistake. But Christ Himself did not command to celebrate His resurrection from the dead.
The Lord commanded to celebrate, to remember His death. This is a matter of principle. And this, according to the Bible, is Easter. To say at Easter "Christ is risen!" means to demonstrate spiritual ignorance and simple illiteracy. In fact, Christ did not resurrect on Easter, but on the third day after Easter.
WHAT DO EASTER CAKE AND COLORED EGGS MEAN?
The celebration of Easter, as it happens among the people, does not correspond in any way to what the Holy Scripture says about Easter. The current celebration of Easter is the most striking example of a mockery of common sense, and of Jesus Christ Himself. So stupid and vicious mockery that does not fit in the head. A normal mind simply cannot imagine that someone can mock us so evilly and vilely. A person can't really take it!
For example, it is enough to take at least the so-called "Easter", specially baked, covered with sweetness of Easter cakes, muffin buns. Why do they have this shape? There is nothing like it in the Bible. As there are no painted eggs. But where did they come from in the people?
There is only one answer to these questions today: these are purely pagan symbols. They came from antiquity, from pagan superstition, from those peoples who professed a phallic religion and worshiped the genitals as a symbol of fertility. It is this moment that is captured in the widespread "Easter" culinary product. The baked “Easter”, which is “sanctified” in churches, is a symbolic image of the phallus that has performed fertilization. Therefore, “Easter” is necessarily watered with something else ...
In the same connection, colored eggs are always present at the celebration, as a symbol of the organs necessary for fertilization.
Such is the reality. Isn't it shocking information? The fact is that the responsible leaders of religions are well aware of all this ... Their ridiculous explanations about the use of such Easter cakes and decorated eggs in the church tradition do not stand up to criticism, and, of course, are not confirmed in any way by Holy Scripture. God is their Judge.
EASTER, THIS IS THE DEATH OF CHRIST. What does the death of Christ mean for people? Why did Christ need to die?
GOD DIDN'T CREATE INTELLIGENT CREATURES WITH A "READY PROGRAM" OF BEHAVIOR. God did not create Angels or people in such a way that they were incapable of making mistakes. If the Lord created Angels or people incapable of making mistakes and sinning, this would mean that He created robots. God created His rational creatures in such a way that they themselves must make their own conscious choice. They themselves must decide whether they will be good or evil, whether they will take the side of good or evil.
Yes, God knows the future, knows who will be born and when. God knows everything. But knowing and predicting are two different things. A person himself must decide on whose side he is, he must make his own choice. And then God will accept it. God doesn't need biological machines. Do you want to live by the laws of God? Do you want to obey God? Please! Live as you want. But you won't be able to live long. Because it is impossible to live without God. Life is only from God. Whoever is without God has no eternal life. Without God, everyone will die, both Angels and people...
As you know, Adam and Eve used their right of choice, given by God, and consciously took the side of ... evil, sin. That was their choice. They had two options: Either follow God's commandments and live forever, or not follow God's commandments, live as you please, but only for a while, and then die forever. In other words, they had to decide for themselves whether to become immortal or mortal. And they chose the second option.
The Creator's wisdom is such that He does not force life on anyone, or against the will of the living. God gives everyone complete freedom, both choice and action. Showing life to a person who has come into the world, he seems to say: “Do you see how beautiful the world is and how beautiful life is? But there is also death. And you yourself choose what suits you better - life or death? .. "
This Divine principle in the Bible is formulated as follows: “Today I call heaven and earth as witnesses before you: I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose life, that you and your offspring may live." (Deut. 30:19).
For those who choose life, there is Christ who will deliver them from death. And for unbelievers, there is no God, which means that they cannot avoid death in any way, because death has become their choice.
HOW CAN YOU BE SURE THAT CHRIST WILL REALLY DELIVER DEATH? What is a guarantee?
The guarantee is His death. Christ died INSTEAD of people. It's called "The Sacrifice of Christ". Christ offered Himself as a sacrifice for the people who believe in Him. The sacrificial death of Christ for sinful people worthy of death is what is called EASTER in the Bible.
Many people ask: Couldn't the issue of redemption be solved somehow differently? Why did Jesus Christ need to die? Could the Almighty God have found another solution?
Answer: It could not have been otherwise. Man is too expensive! The price was too high per person. Why was such a high price paid for a person? Because that's what a person's life is worth.
TO WHOM WAS THE RANSOM PAID? The apostle writes: “You were bought with a price…” From whom were you “bought”? Who "paid" whom?
The biblical term "redemption" is a special term. In this case, it does not imply commodity-money relations. In the Bible, “redemption”, “ransom”, means “liberation”, “justification”. When it is said that Christ redeemed people from death, it means that Christ freed, delivered people from death. By His death, Christ delivered people from their deaths.
Human life is unique and unrepeatable. Every person's life is unique. Man is given one life by God. For one person, one life. This is the same as in anatomical terms: for one person - one head, one heart, etc. If the human “one heart” fails, then in order to replace it with another, you must first remove this donor heart, take it from someone else. This "other" who gave his heart to the sick person no longer lives. But for the patient, he is a savior, a redeemer, who "redeemed" him from death.
Christ, having given His life for people, became a donor of life for us. God can give life to a dead person again only if he takes it from some other person. Only in this case, it is the one who died who will resurrect, and there will not be another, newly created person similar to him, or his clone. But it will be him. Christ became a man and died as a man so that his human life could be used to bring dead people back to life.
At the resurrection of the dead, God will give the resurrected people the life of His Son, Jesus Christ. It was for this purpose that Christ voluntarily died. He gave His life as if for a "transplant", so that it would revive those who believe in Him.
SO, ALL THE SAME, TO WHOM DID CHRIST MAKE HIS SACRIFICE?
And to whom does the donor give his blood, or kidney? A doctor, a health minister, a country's president? No. Sick.
So Christ brought His sacrifice first of all to us, sinful people, so that, thanks to His sacrifice, we could get rid of sin and death. He “amputates”, takes away from us our worn out, sinful, dying life, and in return for it “transplants” us with His perfect, not worn out, eternal life.
WHAT DOES BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD MEAN?
At the very beginning, when starting to create, God saw that some of the intelligent creatures would sin. Either by mistake, or they will be deceived. And someone foolishly wants to just “try” sin, but then will bitterly regret it. And God immediately created the possibility of repentance for such. Before setting up the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” in Eden, God already provided for the possibility of repentance for those who sinned. (It is known that the Lord called Adam and Eve to repentance. Unfortunately, they rejected God's mercy and refused to repent of their sin.)
So, God's love for people - in advance, even before their appearance, already provided for them the option of repentance if they sinned. In this regard, one remarkable text from the Holy Scriptures comes to mind. He is about Christ. And it sounds like this: “…by the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, who was foreordained before the foundation of the world…” (1 Peter 1:19,20).
What is being said here? It is obvious that the Heavenly Father, the Most High God and His Only Begotten Son, starting to create intelligent inhabitants of the Universe and people on Earth, immediately saw that some of the rational beings created by Them would sin and lose the right to life. And then the Son said to the Father-God: “If necessary, I will come down to earth and give my human life for them, so that they get the opportunity to repent and be saved from death ...” It so happened that the “lamb”, Christ - became “slain yet before the foundation of the world." Or, as they say in Revelation: "...Slain from the foundation of the world...", which, in principle, is one and the same. (Rev. 13:8).
Nobody forced Christ to make a sacrifice. He went voluntarily. Until the very last hour, already at the moment of execution, He had the opportunity to change His mind and not give Himself to death. And no one would reproach Him for anything. And He wouldn't be guilty of anything. He Himself said to the Apostle: “I can pray to the Father and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of Angels…”. But Christ did not seize the opportunity to escape death.
This is the feat of Christ, that He did everything voluntarily. He is a reflection of the Heavenly Father, God Almighty. That's why He said, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father." The love that Christ showed for people, giving His human life for them, showed what kind of love for people the Most High God has.
Since Christ on earth was not just a man, but the Son of God, His sacrifice would have been enough for everyone. If we fantasize a little and assume that all sinners would repent, then the death of Christ would probably be much easier, but it would still be. He had to die anyway, because "without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins." Christ would have died in any case, would have given His life for repentant sinners. But how? We cannot know this.
HOW IN THE BIBLE IS EASTER CERTIFIED?
The voluntary death of Christ for sinners is the greatest feat in the entire universe. This event should be memorable. Christ personally commanded that the people who believe in Him remember and celebrate His death. Easter is a commemoration, a remembrance of the death of Christ. Christ died on Easter.
It is necessary to celebrate Easter, to remember the death of Christ with certain food and drink. But not with disgusting pagan Easter cakes and shameful painted eggs. And with bread, preferably with unleavened, without sourdough. And with wine.
To eat a piece of unleavened bread with prayer at Easter means with gratitude to God to remember the sinless Body of the Lord Jesus Christ, which He gave for our sinful bodies, so that we could get rid of sins, become sinless.
To take a sip of pure grape wine with prayer at Easter means to remember with gratitude to God the holy Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, which He shed to cleanse our sins.
WHO CAN TAKE FROM BREAD AND WINE? How often? What do Easter bread and wine mean?
Everyone who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, everyone who is grateful to Jesus Christ for His feat and for His sacrifice, should remember His death, should celebrate Easter.
Eating from Easter bread and wine does not mean communion with the Church of Christ, or with the "Body of Christ." And this does not mean "acceptance into the New Testament." The eating of bread and wine is a REMEMBER of the death of Christ. This ceremony has no mystical, hidden meaning.
Both Christ and the Apostle Paul pointed to only one meaning of eating the Paschal bread and wine - REMEMBERING the death of Christ. “Do this in remembrance of Me,” said the Lord. “Every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord…”, said the Apostle Paul.
Most Christians celebrate Easter once a year. But some celebrate more often, every month, or even more often. Arguing with them is useless and pointless. The Bible says that "everyone will give an account of himself to God."
In the ceremonial religion, in general, everything is turned upside down: pagan vile symbols are holy on Easter, and the “bread and wine” that should be at Easter are transferred to the so-called “communion”. Well, everything is mixed up!
EASTER HOLIDAY IS A REMINDER OF GOD'S LOVE AND THE VALUE OF MAN - THE IMAGE OF GOD.
The voluntary death of Christ for sinners (Easter) showed what great love God has for people. As it is written in the Bible, God "gave His Only Begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
Easter also showed how expensive a person is, that God's Son Himself had to die for him! The Bible says, “You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men." (1 Corinthians 7:23).
Celebrating EASTER means acknowledging that Christ died for sinful people. Now these sinners, if they believe in Christ, will be able to get rid of death, rise from the dead, because Christ died for them.
