Ukrainian Catholic Easter Basket Blessing at Jasmine Hodges blog

Ukrainian Catholic Easter Basket Blessing. The baskets are blessed by the priest at mass, and their contents eaten on easter sunday. From the late afternoon to even past dark, the streets in. The celebration begins with a blessing of the basket by a priest before families return home from mass to start the feast. The blessing of the food is a festive occasion. People take special pride in preparing a decorative and tasteful basket with crisp linens, possibly em­broidered for the occasion, both lining the basket and covering the food which symbolizes the cover­ing of christ’s burial shroud. One of the most prized possessions in many families with roots in eastern europe is the easter basket or pascha cover. The easter basket of special foods (described below) is arranged on holy saturday, and taken to church, where a special blessing. The traditional easter basket would be full of foods that are blessed with holy water on easter morning or a day before easter, and are the first to be consumed by the family.

From the late afternoon to even past dark, the streets in. The traditional easter basket would be full of foods that are blessed with holy water on easter morning or a day before easter, and are the first to be consumed by the family. People take special pride in preparing a decorative and tasteful basket with crisp linens, possibly em­broidered for the occasion, both lining the basket and covering the food which symbolizes the cover­ing of christ’s burial shroud. The celebration begins with a blessing of the basket by a priest before families return home from mass to start the feast. The baskets are blessed by the priest at mass, and their contents eaten on easter sunday. The blessing of the food is a festive occasion. One of the most prized possessions in many families with roots in eastern europe is the easter basket or pascha cover. The easter basket of special foods (described below) is arranged on holy saturday, and taken to church, where a special blessing.

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Ukrainian Catholic Easter Basket Blessing From the late afternoon to even past dark, the streets in. The celebration begins with a blessing of the basket by a priest before families return home from mass to start the feast. The easter basket of special foods (described below) is arranged on holy saturday, and taken to church, where a special blessing. The baskets are blessed by the priest at mass, and their contents eaten on easter sunday. One of the most prized possessions in many families with roots in eastern europe is the easter basket or pascha cover. From the late afternoon to even past dark, the streets in. The blessing of the food is a festive occasion. The traditional easter basket would be full of foods that are blessed with holy water on easter morning or a day before easter, and are the first to be consumed by the family. People take special pride in preparing a decorative and tasteful basket with crisp linens, possibly em­broidered for the occasion, both lining the basket and covering the food which symbolizes the cover­ing of christ’s burial shroud.