Easter in Ukraine

What is Easter?

What is Easter called in Ukrainian?

Which of the following is a tradition of Ukrainian Easter?

What is the last Sunday before Easter called?

What is the ritual of clarification by water that is connected with Pure (Maundy) Thursday?

What is done on Passion (Strasna) Friday-Good Friday?

When do people gather in the church for the Easter vigil?

What is the traditional greeting exchanged on Easter?

What are the symbols of Ukrainian Easter?

What is the traditional Easter game played by Ukrainian kids?

What role do krashanky and pysanky (Easter eggs) play in the Easter rites?

What is the rite of sprinkling with water practiced in Western Ukraine on the next day after Easter?

When is the cult of the dead observed during the Easter season in Ukraine?