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Paska - Polish and Ukrainian sweet bread baked and often blessed with other foods for consumption on Easter Sunday to mark the end of fasting. [27] Pretzel - Southern France monks (610 AD) baked thin strips of dough into the shape of a child's arms folded in prayer. Also associated with Lent in some places.
Agape feast. Fresco of a banquet [a] at a tomb in the Catacomb of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Via Labicana, Rome. A Moravian diener serves bread to fellow members of her congregation during the celebration of a lovefeast at Bethania Moravian Church in North Carolina. An agape feast or lovefeast[b] is a term used for various communal meals ...
Easter was traditionally the most important date in the Christian calendar in Ireland, with a large feast marking the end of lent on Easter Sunday. Among the food commonly eaten were lamb, veal, and chicken, with a meal of corned beef, cabbage, and floury potatoes was a popular meal. It was traditional for farmers to share the meat from a ...
A twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper is traditionally prepared to commemorate Jesus ' twelve disciples in Central, Northern and Eastern European cultures, especially those that were formerly part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and neighbouring countries. The tradition is especially cultivated in modern-day Poland, where alternatively ...
Moros y Cristianos. (dish) "Moros" (frijoles negros) on the left and "Cristianos" (arroz blanco) on the right. Moros y Cristianos is a traditional Cuban dish served both in homes and in restaurants. It is the Cuban version of rice and beans, a dish found throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and in the Southern United States. [citation needed]
The Christian faithful in many Eastern Christian countries eat this bread during Easter. Christian symbolism is associated with features of paska type breads. Other versions include chocolate, rice, or even savoury mixtures based on cheese. A version is made with maraschino cherries added to symbolize royal jewels in honor of the resurrection ...
Lenten foods (28 P) M. Mennonite cuisine (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Christian cuisine" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Koliva. Koliva, also spelled, depending on the language, kollyva, kollyba, kolyvo, or colivÄ, [a] is a dish based on boiled wheat that is used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox Church for commemorations of the dead. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, koliva is blessed during funerals, as well as during the memorial service (mnemosyno) that is ...