Stahlke Adoption

An Easter Custom

A few weeks ago, the children told us in great detail about a custom in their village. On Easter, all the families would gather in the cemetery at the graves of their departed relatives. Each family would pray for the dead (about thirty minutes per person) and place candy, money, and paska (Ukrainian Easter bread) on the graves.

[For a photo of paska, see brama.com/art/easter.html
(go about halfway down the website to see the photo)]

After the prayers, the children would scatter throughout the cemetery and collect candy and money as fast as they could. "Mom, each of us could find almost $100 at Easter--and LOTS of candy!"

posted by Stahlkes @ 10:50 AM