Russian wordlists: Easter
The main holiday of the Russian Orthodox Church falls on April 20 this year. Here’s a list of words and phrases associated with the celebration!
- Easter – Пасха (paskha)
- Resurrection – Воскресение (voskreseniye)
- Easter service – Пасхальная служба (paskhalnaya sluzhba)
- Religious procession – Крестный ход (krestny khod)
- Confession – Исповедь (ispoved’)
- Fast breaking – Разговение (razgoveniye)
- Church rite – Церковный обряд (tserkovny obryad)
- Joy – Радость (radost’)
- Easter meal – Пасхальная трапеза (paskhalnaya trapeza)
- Easter bread – Кулич (kulich)
- Sweet cheese ‘paskha’ – Творожная пасха (tvorozhnaya paskha)
- Eggs – Яйца (yaytsa)
- To bless food – Освящать еду (osvyashchat’ yedu)
- To paint eggs – Красить яйца (krasit’ yaytsa)
- “Christ is risen!” – “Христос воскрес!” (Khristos voskres)
- “He is risen indeed” – “Воистину воскрес!” (Voistinu voskres)
- “Happy Easter” – ”Светлой Пасхи” (svetloy paskhi)