Catholics have Great Saturday: believers pray and consecrate food for the Easter meal

30 марта 2024

Today Catholics and Protestants have Great Saturday. This is a day of silence, when believers come to the temples to pray at the tomb with the body of the Savior, confess and consecrate food for the festive table. The baskets contain traditionally dyed eggs, Easter rolls, meat delicacies and salt.

The Easter service is traditionally broadcast live on "Belarus 1. We'll broadcast today at 21:45 from Minsk Arch-Cathedral Church of the Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

And tomorrow, on the Day of the Resurrection of Christ, at 16:35 on "Belarus 3" you will see festive footage from the Vatican. The Easter Message and Blessing to the "Grad and the World" from the Pope.