Transcript Holy Week in The Catholic Church

Holy Week in The
Catholic Church
Holy Week is the last week of Lent, the week immediately
preceding Easter Sunday. It is observed in many
Christian churches as a time to commemorate and enact
the suffering (Passion) and death of Jesus through
various observances and services of worship. While some
church traditions focus specifically on the events of the
last week of Jesus’ life, many of the liturgies symbolize
larger themes that marked Jesus’ entire ministry.
Observances during this week range from daily liturgical
services in churches to informal meetings in homes to
participate in a Christian version of the Passover Seder.
Jesus on the crux
Easter Triduum
In Catholic tradition, the conclusion to the week
is called the Easter Triduum (a triduum is a
space of three days usually accompanying a
church festival or holy days that are devoted to
special prayer and observance). Some liturgical
traditions, such as Lutherans, simply refer to
"The Three Days." The Easter Triduum begins
Thursday evening of Holy Week with Eucharist
and concludes with evening prayers Easter
Sunday.
The last Supper
Palm Sunday and Easter and Holy
Week
It is this dimension that is well served by Holy Week
observances, as they call us to move behind the joyful
celebrations of Palm Sunday and Easter, and focus on
the suffering, humiliation, and death that is part of Holy
Week. It is important to place the hope of the
Resurrection, the promise of newness and life, against
the background of death and endings. It is only in
walking through the shadows and darkness of Holy
Week and Good Friday, only in realizing the horror and
magnitude of sin and it is consequences in the world
incarnated in the dying Jesus on the cross, only in
contemplating the ending and despair that the disciples
felt on Holy Saturday, that we can truly understand the
light and hope of Sunday morning!
Holy Saturday
Palm Sunday
The entire week between Palm Sunday
and Holy Saturday is included in Holy
Week, and some church traditions have
daily services during the week.
However, usually only Palm Sunday,
Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday are
times of special observance in most
churches.
Slovenian Easter tradition
BUTARA – PALM SUNDAY
Slovenes will also decorate their homes
with colorful palms for the Easter holidays.
These are known as "butara," a word that
literally means "bundle." They will often be
blessed on Palm Sunday, and then placed
in the home for the holiday.
BUTARA
Palm Sunday in Slovenia
Modern Butara
EASTER EGGS
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Easter eggs from some Slovenian regions are real works of art - for
example, Easter eggs from Bela Krajina and Remenke from Prekmurje.
These are among the most beautiful specimens of painted eggs in Europe,
and they also represent one of Slovenia's tourist attractions. Pisanice, as
well as remenke, are characteristic of Eastern Slovenia. Distinctive of it are
geometric and stylised shapes, while pirhi from the Coastal region and
Gorenjska mainly reveal vivid ornaments copied from nature, in which
plants and flowers predominate. That is why pisanice from Bela Krajina
display straight, zigzag and wavy lines, crosses, spirals, triangles, hearts,
circles - and dots, which fill in the empty spaces.
There are various ways of decorating them, and again certain regions prefer
certain techniques. In the southeast and east, as well as at the coast,
people will put wax on their easter eggs. After hollowing out the egg, they
use candle wax to design a pattern on the shell. (In the southeast, they
usually make geometric shapes: lines, circles, dots, etc.) The egg is then
soaked in red dye for a few hours.
Pirhi
PIRHI
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"Pirhi" refers generally to red-coloured eggs, although they have different
names around Slovenia. In Prekmurje they are called "rumenice". In Bela
Krajina and eastern Štajerska they are called "pisanice".
The making of "pirhi" - decorated Easter eggs - is considered one of the
most beautiful examples of Slovenian folk art. The decoration of eggs has
for many centuries been a display of popular imagination and creativity that
is worthy of admiration. The infinite variety of patterns reflecting different
Slovenian regions came about unplanned and has been passed on from
one generation to the next. Slovenian "pirhi" are considered to be among
the most beautiful examples of Easter eggs in Europe.
The most characteristic technique of making "pirhi" in this region is that of
batik, which involves the use of a wax-filled wooden tool to create the
desired patterns on the hollowed-out eggshell. The wax is kept in a liquid
state with the help of a candle. The egg is then dipped in red dye for at
least two hours so as to ensure that it is distributed equally. Dye does not
take hold on the parts where wax has been applied. Once dried, another
wax pattern is applied and the egg is then cooked in black dye. The
eggshell is then treated in water, which is brought to boiling before being
extracted carefully and dried with a cloth.
Easter Rabbit - symbol of productiviness to bringing egg “PIRHI”.
Color and symbol
• Easter egg is a symbol of new life, while in Christianity it
represents Christ's resurrection. Most often "pirhi" were
red in colour because this colour symbolised the drops of
Jesus' blood on the cross.
• Slovenian Easter eggs will often be dyed using natural
colors. Dying with tree bark provides a brown color, eggs
cooked in tea end up in various shades of green, Dried
blackberries make the eggs yellowish-orange, while
things like hollyhock, logwood, and moss leave the eggs
blue. These natural dyes take hours to do their work, and
their intensity can be affected by using additional
ingredients, like vinegar.
Color and symbol
• The first eggs must have been red. The red color
in fact symbolises the sun, energy, blood, health,
action, success and divinity. The red color is
also referred to in the folk expression pirh,
pertaining to the same word family as piros,
meaning red in the Hungarian language, and fire
in the Greek language.
• Red is also the color of love, and according to
Slovenian tradition young men got the most
beautiful Easter eggs from their girlfriends,
because "an Easter egg colored red acknowledges the depth of love".
Color and symbol
• Remenka (yellow egg) is an expression of the
Prekmurje dialect, where "yellow" also means
red. The colourings were first of natural origin –
for example, the use of onion skins has
remained popular until the present times.
• In a later period, these love gifts were
accompanied by waggish inscriptions on the
eggs, demonstrating the inventiveness and
manual skills of Slovenes.
Make Pisanice
Pisanice from Bela Krajina
PISANICE
• "Pisanice" from Bela Krajina are characteristically decorated with
geometric motives - straight and wavy lines, circles, triangles and
dots. "Pirhi" from other regions of Slovenia mostly contain plant
motives.
• The oldest preserved Slovenian pisanice are from Bela Krajina, a
region in the south-eastern part of Slovenia. The word pisanica was
first mentioned already in 1832, originating from the word "pisa"
meaning a line. In fact, eggs from Bela Krajina are not only coloured,
they are also painted, because the motifs are elaborated with the
help of a special pencil, the pisalka, which is basically a hollow
• stick for applying wax. People from Bela Krajina, who have
preserved their tradition to the present times, decorate eggs with two
different techniques, which have developed through the centuries.
PISANICE
• The oldest is a technique called batik, for which red and
black colour are needed as well as wax. The mystery of
this technique lies in the exact order of colouring: half of
the pattern is painted in wax on the egg which has not
been coloured yet, then the egg is dipped into red colour.
The other half of the pattern is once more applied in wax
on the eggshell already coloured in red; finally the egg is
plunged into black colour. When the procedure is
finished and the wax is removed, the egg is tricoloured:
black, red and light brown or white, depending on the
natural egg colour.
PISANICE “DRSANKE”
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The second method, the drsanka technique. "Drsanke" are full of field
flowers and corncob motives. They are drawn with a small knife. The colour
is removed from the parts where the knife is used to draw a line, meaning
that the eggs are first treated in dye and then carved. The shell is then
introduced into a container with cooked onion leaves. We get the colour by
cooking a litre of water, a handful of red onion leaves and a spoon of apple
cider. Some more onion leaves are added at the end to increase the
intensity of the colour. We dip the eggs into the cold dye, adding a spoon of
cider, which aids the absorption process of the dye, and then we heat the
dye and let it boil for an hour. The eggshells are then collected from the dye,
dried and left to cool.
The Slovenian family has been involved with this folk tradition for over 100
years. This skill of Bela Krajina - the styled decoration of Easter eggs - has
fortunately been passed down from one generation to the next. However, it
has not only been kept in this region, since our family has married into
households of other regions and subsequently took the knowledge with
them. They can says with great satisfaction that the young generations.
Color and symbol
• They are accompanied by Christian symbols: the
monogram of Christ and Mary (IHS and MARIA)
and the Cross. Easter eggs from Western
Slovenia are ornamented with clover, daisy,
pine, trees and birds.
• These eggs have inscribed wishes, such as
Aleluja (Alleluia), Vesela velika noč (Happy
Easter) or Vesel vuzem (the meaning is the
same, vuzem is a dialect word for Easter).
POTICA
• A typical Easter meal in Slovenia includes ham,
horseradish, bread and a special type of nut
cake called "potica." Easter eggs are also
included, of course, but will look different
depending on what part of the country you're
enjoying your meal.
• Holy Week follows and women get into the full
swing of Easter – they clean up the house, dig
out horseradish, make potica (rolled cake with
walnuts, raisins and cottage cheese), cook cured
ham and eggs.
POTICA
SLOVENIAN HOLY WEEK
HOLY THURSDAY
To promise of mass repetition in St. Nicolaus in Ljubljana
HOLY THURSDAY- The day for family
HOLY FRIDAY
• This day is remember Christ death. The
start of the vigil at symbolic tombs of
Christ, which last until Holy Saturday.
Visits are made to “tombs of Christ’. The
adoration of the Good Friday tombs is
called “the visitation of the tombs'.
• The bells are not ringing.
HOLY FRIDAY
Jesus slippinng in the tombs
HOLY SATURDAY
• Many Slovenians take the pirhi to their local church to be blessed.
• The art of pirhi On Saturday, women carry beautiful baskets (jerbas)
with embroidered tablecloths and filled with potica (representing
Christ’s crown of thorns), horseradish (representing the nails in
Christ’s hands) and cured ham (representing the body of Christ) to
church to receive Easter blessing. Each basket contains “pirhi”
(decorated Easter eggs), which are a symbol of Christ’s
Resurrection, repeatedly creation and hope, shelter and security.
Usually pirhi are red to symbolise the drops of Jesus’ blood on the
cross.
• Small baskets (jerbas) with East meal to cary the oldest unmarried
daughter.
• In my church have a blessing fair for Tree fungus, before we to carry
home.
Holy Saturday on 20h services accompanied by processions are
held to commemorate the Resurrection.
HOLY SATURDAY
Blessing of faire
HOLY SATURDAY
Baskets (jerbas) to be blessed
HOLY SATURDAY
EASTER
Easter procession
EASTER
The first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox
is Easter Sunday.
The Easter feast On Saturday evening, bonfires are lit on the hills to
the great delight of children who can stay up late. The bonfires
signify anticipation of Christ’s triumph over death, which supposedly
occurred on the third day after his death by crucifixion.
On Easter morning, families go to their local church and join the
festive Resurrection procession around the church building.
Following the myrrh-laden festal mass and the singing of numerous
Hallelujahs, the family gathers around the table for the traditional
Easter breakfast. Blessed food – potica, cured ham, horseradish,
Easter eggs, white bread with raisins and wine – is served and no
one is allowed to be absent from the table. Even the animals are
given blessed bread to eat. Work is strictly forbidden. It is only
natural that after a day of enjoying such heavy delicacies.
EASTER
Easter breakfast
EASTER
Slovenian Easter meets
Slovenian traditional Easter egg PIRHI
EASTER GAMES
explore one’s painting skills - on eggs.
EASTER MONDAY
• People are allowed to rest on Easter
Monday or visit their friends and relatives.
Today is one traditional games, explore
one’s painting skills - on eggs.
• Pirhi are usually given to children by their
godfathers, but the most beautiful
examples are given to boys from their
sweethearts.
THE END
St. Cyril and Method
Slowans missionnars
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