Shrovetide is a very joyful holiday for everyone - a day with delicious treats and merry celebration! On the day of Shrovetide, every house has the aroma of freshly baked pancakes, and a "scarecrow" is burned in the squares of each city.
Both adults and children are waiting for Shrovetide. Everyone on this day dreams of eating pancakes and watching a merry holiday. According to the great custom, on this day they see off the winter-winter and meet the long-awaited spring. To make this meeting come sooner, it is customary to burn a scarecrow in the square so that everyone can see. In many cities of the country, this day is considered the most faithful predecessor of spring.
Shrovetide is celebrated from Monday to Sunday. It is Maslenitsa, or Cheese Week as it is also called, that precedes Lent - the most important and strictest fast for all Orthodox Christians. The main attribute of Maslenitsa is pancakes. The choice of pancakes is not at all accidental, because they personify the spring sun, which is so awaited all winter. The pancakes are just as round, golden and hot!
When baking pancakes, people seem to persuade the spring to come into its own as soon as possible and try to butter it up. Hence the name of the holiday itself - Shrovetide.
since it is tied to the celebration of Easter. According to all traditions, before Easter, Great Lent should pass for 7 weeks, and Shrovetide just precedes its beginning. This year Easter falls on April 28, which means Lent will begin on March 11 and end on April 27. By simple calculations, you can determine that the Maslenitsa in 2019 will be from 4 to 10 March.
All week you can bake pancakes, see off the winter and congratulate your family. The holiday will end on Sunday, March 10, with the burning of an effigy. The Church not only does not prohibit, but also supports folk festivals during the Maslenitsa week.
