Pas'cha

A pas'cha ( Russian пасха , Russian for Easter ) is a dessert made from quark , cream , butter , sugar and eggs as well as various spices, the preparation of which is part of the Easter tradition in Russia and the Baltic States .

Two pas'cha with candles and a Kulitsch in the background

Believers of the Russian Orthodox Church bring this food, as well as red-colored eggs and kulich , often in the Easter Vigil after the liturgy or on Easter Sunday to church, while they are the priests in the rite of food consecration blessed .

Web links

Commons : Paskha (dish)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Pas'cha  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Recipe with picture

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russian Orthodox Church in Dresden (ed.): Orthodox Church Calendar 1981 . Polydruck Dresden, 1980, p. 76.