VELYKDEN Easter in Shandro, Alberta, Canada On Good Friday there was clearly a ceremony within the church holding an ikon of Christ while the plashchynytsia (altar cloth) but we never ever went. On Saturday everybody else washed and groomed on their own and went early to sleep. At about 8 o’clock through the night they might awaken, liven up and all go right to the Ukrainian Orthodox church except mother who was simply kept aware of a little child.
The men produced bonfire, which warmed the chilly evening atmosphere and enjoyed on their own by ringing the church bell. Early in the early morning about four or five A.M., the paska Easter container ended up being endowed and everyone else went house for break fast.
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