Moni Timiou Prodromou monastery - Pascha

Easter Saturday, Anastasi. Resurrection worship service in the Monastery of Timios Prodromos. At midnight the monastery remains in complete darkness, only ceremonial chants sounds. Nuns bring lit white candles and sing "Come, receive the light of Resurrection". Light is transmitted between people, finally the whole area of the monastery is lit by candlelight. All sing the hymn "Christos anesti - Christ is risen". At the end of the liturgy, people shatter cooked and colored red eggs between each other with the tips, the one, whom a whole egg remains, will be lucky.

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