From April 17 to 27 there was a book exhibition dedicated to the Easter Day in the reading room number 2.
It is common knowledge that with awakening of nature from its winter sleep Ukraine starts the spring cycle of folk festivals. This is one of the most significant post-Christmas Christian holidays – the Easter Day. This bright and joyous celebration of the Resurrection of the Son of God - Jesus Christ dates back to the tenth century.
;"> From April 17 to 27 there was a book exhibition dedicated to the Easter Day in the reading room number 2.
It is common knowledge that with awakening of nature from its winter sleep Ukraine starts the spring cycle of folk festivals. This is one of the most significant post-Christmas Christian holidays – the Easter Day. This bright and joyous celebration of the Resurrection of the Son of God - Jesus Christ dates back to the tenth century.
На теренах України святкувати Великдень як Воскресіння Ісуса почали ще наприкінці першого тисячоліття, з приходом християнства. Обидва свята збігалися у часі і стосувалися відродження життя і надій. З роками чужорідне свято стало частиною місцевої культури, замінивши місцеві звичаї і адаптувавши місцеві обряди й атрибутику.
Just like Christmas, Easter is associated with pre-Christian belief in the birth of the new sun that is the key to life on Earth.
Thus, Easter is the holiday of spring, awakening of the land and the nature in general; it is a beginning of a new life.
Ukrainian Easter is famous with glorious rites that go back to the pre-Christian times.