Why Easter is not a marathon of cleaning and cooking

"Have you washed the windows yet? What are you cooking for the Easter table? How will you paint your eggs? a friend asked me yesterday. And I have answers to those questions as preparations for Easter are well underway. In just a week, one of the most important Orthodox holidays will take place.

Easter symbolizes the renewal and salvation of the world and humanity, the victory over evil, the triumph of humanity, sincerity and goodness. Today's edition. "Site" I will share with you, dear reader, the details. preparation One of the brightest holidays of the year. So you can do everything and not miss anything!

Preparation for Easter

The last week before Easter is called Palm, as well as pure or white. After Palm Sunday, you can start. homeschooling Easter. Repair everything that needs repairing. Of course, wash windows, mirrors and do not forget about lamps and chandeliers. Go through the wardrobe, give away or throw away anything you don't wear or intend to wear. Put away your winter clothes and shoes.

On Monday, it is worth doing work that requires time and physical costs associated with order in the house. On Wednesday and Thursday, we set aside time to clean the house.



On Tuesday, it is worth doing a list of products that will be needed for the holiday table. Think in advance what you will cook, and then write in detail what products are worth buying for this. Ask yourself, “What will be in the Easter basket?” Will you bake cookies or buy them? Don't forget to decorate the cakes!

In this you can use our article with the Easter menu for 2021.



Also consider how you will color your eggs. I love it, apart from the traditional. staining, dye eggs with karcade tea. To do this, I pour tea into a deep pan and pour it with steep boiling water, then pour a little vinegar (1 tsp), stir.

Then strain the tea and lay the eggs in the pan. You can put eggs in unseated tea, then they will have beautiful divorces. Depending on how rich the color you want to get in the end, so long and you need to keep the eggs in solution. The longer you keep your eggs in your tea, the more intense blue you will get.



Home decoration Take care of the festive decor. I highly recommend buying or cutting live flowers from which you can make floral arrangements. To give mood to the house will help cute figures of Easter rabbits and decor of Easter eggs. Such jewelry is not necessary to buy, they can be made with your own hands. Children will especially love this idea!

Or you can decorate the house with an Easter tree or a wreath. All of this is also possible. handcraft.



I highly recommend watching these 14 super ideas of decor for Easter, which you can easily make with your own hands. These options will make you a keen desire to take up needlework!

Think in advance what you will wear for Easter. It is desirable that the clothes were light and festive. Previously, people in Russia tried to sew or buy at least one new thing for Paska, especially for children. After all, Easter is a holiday of renewal in every sense of the word.

You also need to put a wax candle in advance. Such a candle is called passionate. It should be lit at the service and brought home burning.



On a clean Thursday morning, it is better to start with a shower before dawn. Put the cake poop right away. And now about cakes: they can be baked on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday or at least on Saturday. Easter cheese is better to bake on Saturday, as products with cottage cheese quickly deteriorate. But this baking is perfectly preserved for a long time. It is said that a cake baked with a soul will remain soft for up to 40 days.

Inspired by the beautiful decoration of the Easter cake you will help this article. It also has a recipe for a perfect glaze, without eggs, shiny and dense, which does not crumble or stick.



On the night from Wednesday to Thursday of Holy Week or in the morning on Clean Thursday you can prepare Thursday salt.

Ask for home help to help you finish up: dust, vacuum, wash the floors. If there are no assistants, you will have to do cleaning in between baking.

I also want to emphasize the fact that while the whole week was marked by literal purity and preparation for the holiday, Clean Thursday presupposed spiritual and symbolic purification.



Throughout Lent, you can paint eggs with wax and food dyes, but the most successful day is Clean Thursday. In Ukraine, this technique is called pysanki.

My family has a tradition of creating an Easter tree every year and adding new pysankas to it.

Eggs are traditionally painted on Holy Saturday, but the church does not forbid them to do so on other days of Holy Week. The only exception is Friday. There are a lot of options for how you can dye. It all depends on your imagination and taste preferences!



On Friday, we do not bake Easter and cakes or paint eggs. It is best to go to church on this day. On the Saturday before Easter, you can carry out cosmetic cleaning in the house and make purchases of perishable products. Make preparations for festive dishes. We can finish the cake.

Before the service, collect and decorate. Easter basket. If everything for the Easter basket is ready, you can visit the church to consecrate the products. Many people prefer to attend church on Easter.



Editorial Board I also suggest to get acquainted with an excellent collection of proven recipes of Easter cottage cheese. Classic raw, custard, caramel, chocolate, with eggs and without... Choose any and make sure to cook in your kitchen!



And finally, I want to tell you that you don't have to worry if you don't make it. Easter is not a marathon of cleaning and cooking. It is better to do less, but keep peace of mind and good mood!

I wish you with all my heart that the preparation for Easter will be easy and joyful. And most importantly, this festival brought happiness and love to your home!