The dates for the celebration of Maslenitsa and Easter are not stable. Bright Sunday of Christ is calculated according to the full moon after the vernal equinox, and Shrovetide - minus seven weeks from the date set above.
What date will Maslenitsa be in 2016
Shrovetide is a holiday that both children and adults are looking forward to. It lasts a week, and during all these seven days people are having fun, having festivities, going to visit each other "for pancakes", etc. In 2016, Shrovetide will be a week from March 7 to March 13.
Shrovetide is a popular celebration of farewell to winter and meeting with spring; the people also have other names, for example, meat-empty, cheese, pancake eater, obedalovka, as there are no meat dishes on the tables this week, but pancakes "break" the tables. Previously, this holiday was greeted on a grand scale: with songs and dances, jokes and jokes, contests, sleigh rides and horseback riding and so on.
The main treats of the tables were pancakes with all kinds of fillings, and this delicacy was prepared every day for a week and in huge quantities. It was believed that if you do not eat pancakes during Shrovetide week and do not have fun at the festivities, then you will live a year bored and poor - happiness will bypass your home. In general, during the Maslenitsa week, it is customary to adhere to two basic rules: do not eat meat (only fish is allowed) and eat at least one pancake every day.
What date will be Easter in 2016
Bright Resurrection of Christ is a long-awaited holiday for both Orthodox Christians and Catholics and Jews. However, Orthodox Easter happens a little later than Catholic (different counting calendars, for Catholics - Gregorian, for Orthodox - Julian), and in 2016 the difference will be more than a month. Easter is a holiday, which for every person is a symbol of cleansing from sins, deliverance from the power of death. As for the celebration, on this day people prepare symbolic Easter dishes: boiled colored eggs, cakes, curd cheeses, etc., bless them in the church, after which they arrange family dinners and visit each other with refreshments.
Many people start to wonder when Easter will be after Maslenitsa. So, after Maslenitsa, fasting begins, which always lasts seven weeks. Having made simple calculations, we see that the Bright Resurrection of Christ in 2016 falls as much on May 1.
The very number of Easter celebrations changes annually, but if you have a lunar calendar for the year you need, then you can easily calculate the date. To do this, find the first full moon that falls immediately after the vernal equinox, and the first Sunday after this day is the date you are looking for. As for the time frame, Easter never happens before April 4, and later than May 8.
Christ's Sunday for all believers is one of the most significant in church services. On the eve of Easter, and usually in the last three days before it, people put their houses in order in order to meet the long-awaited bright holiday with a clean soul in a clean home.
