WORLD NEWS FOR MONTENEGRO DIASPORA
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AUTHOR: M.J.
Believers of the Orthodox faith are celebrating the biggest Christian holiday Easter today.
The Feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated for three days, and for the next 40 days, Orthodox Christians greet each other with the words Christ is Risen, Truly the Resurrection.
Orthodox Christians prepare for the Resurrection of Christ by fasting for forty days.
Easter is a movable holiday, which always falls on the first Sunday after the full moon, after the vernal equinox.
On Easter morning, all the church bells ring, and the people with the priest go in procession around the church.
After the liturgy, the Orthodox people gather in their homes for a festive meal, dominated by the red egg and Easter bread.
It is customary to have painted and decorated eggs on the table. Housemates and guests hit each other with eggs, and the one whose egg is broken hands it over to the one whose was stronger.
