Easter traditions

in Lithuania

Giedrius Paulauskas 8c
Easter is the biggest
spring festival in the
Christian world.
Even non-
Christians countries
have different forms of
celebrations around
Easter time
As the majority of Lithuanians are Catholics, Easter is widely
celebrated. The preparation for Easter begins one week
before Easter, that is called the Holy week.
The Holy Thursday

• (the day of last Supper and the final day before Jesus was crucified) is usually
dedicated to thorough house cleaning. Lithuanians scrub the floor, wash windows,
clean all the corners of the house in order to drive away the evil spirits and prepare
for forthcoming Easter and the warmth of the spring.
• Churches usually hold masses in the morning and one
more- in the evening . This is the last masses of the
week before Easter Sunday.

• As the main Roman Catholic shrine in Lithuania is Vilnius

Cathedral, so it can be worth to see masses hold there. On Holy
Thursday masses will be held at 10:00 am and 6 pm.
 The Holy Saturday
• Holy Saturday is the last day before
Easter and last day of 40 days long
fasting of Lent. It commemorates the day
when Jesus laid in the tomb after his
death. There are no liturgies, but
Christians can bring the food baskets to
the church to be blessed. All the family
members usually stay at home and work
hard, prepare filling meals for
tomorrow’s celebration such as various
kinds of meat, dumplings, salads, eggs
and Easter pies.
Easter Sunday

• Easter Sunday is one of the most

festive days in a Christian world. It
commemorates Jesus resurrection
from death. It is the day of joy and
celebration.
The celebration starts from the
morning. The Catholic families go to
church services first and just after it,
all the family members gather
together to eat festive breakfast. The
mandatory dish is eggs. Before eating
it, everybody plays the cheerful egg
tapping game. Each person chooses a
hard-boiled egg and  taps the tip of
their egg over their opponent’s.
Unbroken eggs, continue the game,
till the last “healthy” egg remains.
One more playful tradition is
eggs rolling. Boiled and
painted eggs are taken into
competition. Eggs roll down
the wooden chute in order to
hit the opponent’s egg. One the
egg is hit, the holder can take
the “tapped” egg. The person
whose egg hits the most of the
other eggs is the winner of the
contest.
sources of information

• https://www.vilniusfreetour.lt/easter-traditions-in-l
ithuania/
thanks for
your
attention!